GitHub Bot

For ShitRat-authored work, use the installed shitrat tooling and shitratgit[bot] identity. The legacy app described below is for integrations that explicitly own it, not a default actor for Joel’s agent-authored commits, PRs, or comments. Discover actual app access; old repository counts are not authority.

Interact with GitHub API via the joelclawgithub[bot] GitHub App. Acts as a bot identity with access to all 280+ repos across @joelhooks personal and org accounts.

Authentication

Generate a 1-hour installation token:

TOKEN=$(SKILL_DIR/scripts/github-token.sh)

Use in API calls:

curl -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/...

Token expires in 1 hour. Generate a new one if a request returns 401.

Secrets

Stored in agent-secrets (do not hardcode):

Secret	Content
github_app_id	App ID (2867136)
github_app_client_id	Client ID
github_app_installation_id	Installation ID
github_app_pem	RSA private key

Bot Identity

• Commits: joelclawgithub[bot] <2867136+joelclawgithub[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
• All API actions (comments, reviews, PRs) show as joelclawgithub[bot]
• Has read/write access to: contents, issues, PRs, actions, deployments, environments, secrets, packages, workflows, checks, statuses, hooks, projects

Receipts

Use the verified GitHub URL, identifier, commit SHA, or API response as the write receipt. Emit canonical OTel when the calling workflow supports it, and capture durable decisions in Brain .svx. The former slog journal is retired; do not recreate it.

Relevant actions include create-pr, push-commit, create-issue, merge-pr, create-release, and update-workflow.

Pagination

GitHub API paginates at 100 items. For full listing:

PAGE=1
while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
    "https://api.github.com/endpoint?per_page=100&page=$PAGE")
  # process $RESULT
  [ "$(echo "$RESULT" | python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(len(json.load(sys.stdin)))')" -lt 100 ] && break
  PAGE=$((PAGE+1))
done