Tutorial: Github Content Manager Agent

This Agent is designed to help you manage your GitHub repository content. The capabilities include retrieving the content of a repository, including specific files like README.md. It can also create and update file content. The aim is to help you navigate and handle your GitHub repositories with ease.

GitHub Access Tokens

1. Navigate to .
2. In the upper-right corner of the page, click your profile photo.

3. Then, click Settings.

4. In the left sidebar, scroll down then click Developer settings.

5. In the left sidebar, click Personal tokens then click Generate New Token (classic).

6. Add a note to your Token, set the expiration, and then checkmark the scopes.

7. Then, click the Generate Token button.

8. Make sure to copy your personal access token because you won’t be able to see it again.
   1. Example: ghp_wtOAM5BSYSCgnTN5elXEUAerngae4P3pqFmc

GitHub Repository Owner & Name

You can skip this step if you already have your Repositories.

1. In the upper-right corner of the GitHub page, click your profile photo.

2. Then, click Settings.

3. In the left sidebar, go to Code, Planning, and Automation then click Repositories.

4. Click create one.

5. The owner’s name will be automatically created, you only need to input your repository name.
   1. Example:
      1. Repository Owner: janicesmyth
      2. Repository Name: SmythOS-GitHub-Manager

6. Then, click the Create Repository button.

Agent Setup

1. In SmythOS, navigate to the Templates tab.

2. You can scroll down to find the GitHub Content Manager or simply search for it in the Search tab, then click the Remix button.

3. Allow the template to initialize and configure.

GitHub Integrations Setup

1. In SmythOS, look for GitHub integration components. This agent utilized five GitHub component integrations. Click the gear icon to open the settings.

2. Click the key icon and select your GitHub Access Token stored in your vault. Remember to click the check mark to save your configuration.

3. Note: Click here to learn more about adding your API keys to the vault.

4. You’re all set!

Test the Agent

Open the ChatBot embodiment and click on the chat icon.

Note: GitHub handles the file content encoded in base64.

Create a New file

1. Sample Prompt:
   • Create a new file in SmythOS-GitHub-Manager with the following:
   • File content: aGVsbG8=
   • Path: text11.txt
   • Commit message: agent message
   • Name: janice
   • Email: janice@inkco.co

Note: The file content is hello.

2. The agent will verify that the file has been successfully created in your GitHub repository.

3. You can review your GitHub account to find the newly created file.

Update File Content

1. Sample Prompt:
   • Update the file content in SmythOS-GitHub-Manager with the following information:
   • File content: dXBkYXRlIHN1Y2Nlc3NmdWw=
   • Path: text11.txt
   • Commit message: agent message
   • Name: janice
   • Email: janice@inkco.co

Note: The file content is update successful.

2. The agent will verify that the file has been successfully updated in your GitHub repository.

3. The file content before the update was hello.

4. Following the update, here is the result.

Get Repository Content

1. Sample Prompt:
   • Get repository content from text11.txt

2. Here’s the result.

3. Since the content is in base64, the agent is equipped to decode it for your convenience. Just type, Yes.

4. Here’s the result.

Get all Repository Content

1. Sample Prompt:
   • Get all repository content.

2. In GitHub, these are the current contents.

3. Here’s the result from the agent.

Get ReadMe

1. Sample Prompt:
   • Get READ ME file.

2. Here’s the result.