GitHub Context

A CLI tool to fetch and analyze GitHub repository content, optimized for providing context to Large Language Models (LLMs).

Features

• 📂 Fetch repository content based on configurable patterns
• 🎯 Smart filtering of relevant files and directories
• 📝 Customizable output formatting
• 🔢 Token counting for LLM context optimization
• ⚙️ Flexible configuration system
• 🤫 Silent mode for streamlined operations
• 🚀 Built with Bun for high performance

Installation

bun install -g github-context
npm install -g github-context

Usage

Basic Command

# Fetch repository content
bunx github-context fetch https://github.com/oxalica/async-lsp
npx github-context fetch https://github.com/oxalica/async-lsp

# Use custom config file
bunx github-context fetch https://github.com/oxalica/async-lsp -c ./my-config.yaml
npx github-context fetch https://github.com/oxalica/async-lsp -c ./my-config.yaml

# Specify custom output file
bunx github-context fetch https://github.com/oxalica/async-lsp -o output.md
npx github-context fetch https://github.com/oxalica/async-lsp -o output.md

# Silent fetch without any output
bunx github-context fetch https://github.com/oxalica/async-lsp -s
npx github-context fetch https://github.com/oxalica/async-lsp -s

Initialize Configuration

Create a default configuration file in your current directory:

bunx github-context init-config
npx github-context init-config

Configuration

The tool uses a YAML configuration file to customize its behavior. You can create a default configuration file using the init-config command or specify a custom one using the -c flag.

Default Configuration Structure

include_patterns:
  readme:
    - "README.md"
    - "README.txt"
  documentation:
    - "docs/**/*.md"
    - "documentation/**/*"
    # ... more patterns

exclude_patterns:
  - "node_modules/**/*"
  - "dist/**/*"
  # ... more patterns

max_file_size: 500
max_files_per_category: 50

output:
  format: "markdown"
  file_name: "repo_content.md"
  include_line_numbers: true
  group_by_category: true

Command Line Options

Option	Description
-c, --config <path>	Path to custom configuration file
-o, --output <filename>	Output file name (overrides config setting)
-s, --silent	Silent fetch without any output
-h, --help	Display help information
-V, --version	Display version number

Output

The tool generates a formatted Markdown file containing:

• Repository content organized by categories
• File content with optional line numbers
• Token count summary for LLM context sizing

Development

# Run locally
bun start

# Build for distribution
bun run build

Dependencies

• commander - Command line interface
• chalk - Terminal styling
• ora - Elegant terminal spinners
• gpt-tokenizer - Token counting
• yaml - YAML parsing

License

MIT

Author

14m4r ([email protected])

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request