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GitHub's official CLI for managing repos, PRs, issues, and more.

GitHub CLI for PRs, issues, repos, and Actions from the terminal

6 of 9 recipes verified by execution · 2026-09-17#github #pr #issues #ci

Verified commands

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List open pull requests as JSON

Verified macOS · 2026-09-17

gh pr list --repo OWNER/REPO --state open --limit 5 --json number,title

Common failures (1)

fatal: not a git repositoryoutside a checkout gh cannot infer the repo: pass --repo OWNER/REPO

List open issues as JSON

Verified macOS · 2026-09-17

gh issue list --repo OWNER/REPO --state open --limit 5 --json number,title

Show recent CI runs

Verified macOS · 2026-09-17

gh run list --repo OWNER/REPO --limit 3 --json status,conclusion,name

Get the conclusion of the latest CI run

Verified macOS · 2026-09-17

gh run list --repo OWNER/REPO --limit 1 --json databaseId --jq '.[0].databaseId' | xargs -I{} gh run view {} --repo OWNER/REPO --json conclusion

Read one field from the GitHub API

Verified macOS · 2026-09-17

gh api repos/OWNER/REPO --jq .default_branch

Inspect a pull request

Verified macOS · 2026-09-17

gh pr view 42 --repo OWNER/REPO --json state,title

Curated from documentation and usage. Percentages are estimates, not measurements.

Create a pull request with a multi-line body

~97% est.

gh pr create --title 'feat: add feature' --body-file pr.md

Common failures (1)

body shows literal \nwrite the body to a file and pass --body-file instead of --body

Watch the current CI run until it finishes

~95% est.

gh run watch --exit-status

Clone a repo

~99% est.

gh repo clone owner/repo

Homebrewbrew install gh

curl -s https://clihub.com/api/tools/gh | jq '.agentHints.provenRecipes[] | {task, command, verified}'

Or call get_tool with slug gh on the MCP server at https://clihub.com/mcp.