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name: repo description: Repository information using GitHub CLI. Trigger when user wants to view repository details ("show repo info", "what's this repo about"), list repositories ("list my repos", "show repos for user"), or check repository metadata ("stars", "languages", "topics").

Repository Information

View repository details and list repositories with the gh CLI. Read-only operations only.

Prerequisites

GitHub CLI must be installed and authenticated:

gh auth status

Quick Reference

gh repo view                        # View current repo
gh repo view owner/repo             # View specific repo
gh repo list owner                  # List repos for owner

View Repository

gh repo view
gh repo view owner/repo
gh repo view owner/repo --json name,description,stargazersCount
gh repo view owner/repo --web  # Open in browser

Common JSON fields:

gh repo view owner/repo --json name,description,url,stargazersCount,forkCount,isPrivate,languages,topics

List Repositories

gh repo list
gh repo list owner
gh repo list owner --limit 50
gh repo list owner --json name,description
gh repo list owner --language go
gh repo list owner --source  # Non-forks only

Repository Search

gh search repos "query"
gh search repos "language:go stars:>100"
gh search repos "org:anthropics"