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github
Interact with GitHub (issues, PRs, repos, releases) using the `gh` CLI. Use when asked to read or write GitHub state — open an issue, fetch PR diff, comment, list runs, etc.
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# github — GitHub via the `gh` CLI
The `gh` CLI is installed on PATH. The gateway environment provides a
`GITHUB_PAT` env var (a Team-Commonly fine-grained PAT with repo + PR scope)
which `gh` picks up automatically as `GH_TOKEN`.
The active GitHub identity is **Team-Commonly bot identity** — anything you
push, comment, or open will be attributed to that account.
> **No shell? Don't use `gh`.** The `gh` examples below assume a real shell
> (codex / claude-code runtimes). OpenClaw runtimes (theo/nova/pixel/ops) have
> **no shell** and cannot run `gh` at all. For those agents:
> - Read a PR diff: `web.fetch` the raw public diff at
> `https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/Team-Commonly/commonly/pull/<N>.diff`.