github_search_repositories
Search GitHub repositories by keywords and qualifiers like language, stars, topic, org, or license to research a candidate's public work and projects for recruiting.
Instructions
Search repositories with qualifiers, e.g. 'topic:cli language:go stars:>500'. Rate limited to 30 requests per minute.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| q | Yes | The query containing one or more search keywords and qualifiers, e.g. `tetris language:assembly stars:>100`. Qualifiers include `language:`, `stars:`, `forks:`, `topic:`, `org:`, `user:`, `license:`. | |
| page | No | The page number of the results to fetch. Defaults to 1. | |
| sort | No | Sorts the results by number of stars, forks, help-wanted issues, or how recently the items were updated. Default: best match. | |
| order | No | Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (`desc`) or lowest (`asc`). Ignored unless `sort` is provided. GitHub uses `desc` when this is absent. | |
| perPage | No | The number of results per page (max 100). Defaults to 30. |