Github Search

This wraps GitHub's search API to let you query code, repos, issues, and PRs right from Claude. You can use GitHub's full search syntax, so things like "authentication language:python" or filtering by labels work as expected. It's built on the MCP GitHub server, so you'll need a personal access token configured. The main draw here is keeping your research flow in one place instead of context switching to the browser every time you need to check if someone's already solved your problem or find reference implementations. Works best when you know roughly what you're looking for but need to cast a wider net than a single repository.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add parcadei/continuous-claude-v3 --skill github-search --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

GitHub Search Skill

When to Use

Search code across repositories
Find issues or PRs
Look up repository information

Instructions

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/github_search.py \
    --type "code" \
    --query "your search query"

Parameters

--type: Search type - code, repos, issues, prs
--query: Search query (supports GitHub search syntax)
--owner: (optional) Filter by repo owner
--repo: (optional) Filter by repo name

Examples

# Search code
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/github_search.py \
    --type "code" \
    --query "authentication language:python"

# Search issues
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/github_search.py \
    --type "issues" \
    --query "bug label:critical" \
    --owner "anthropics"