6. GitHub Tool

OverviewConnects AEX to GitHub / GitHub Enterprise for repository, issue and PR operations.

Key capabilities

• Manage repositories and collaborators.
• Create issues and pull requests.

• Inspect branches and commit history.

Functions

• github_create_repository – Creates a new repository on GitHub.
• github_list_repositories – Lists repositories for the authenticated user.
• github_create_issue – Creates an issue in a repository.
• github_create_pull_request – Creates a pull request in a repository.
• github_list_branches – Lists branches in a repository.
• github_add_collaborator – Adds a collaborator to a repository.
• github_get_commit_history – Fetches commit history for a branch.

• github_delete_repository – Deletes a repository.

Configuration

• Secrets: github_token

• Config: base_url (GitHub.com or Enterprise URL)

Typical AEX use cases

• Auto-creating GitHub issues from incidents or bug reports.

• DevOps/chatops agents managing repos and PR workflows.