GitHub

Connect GitHub to work with your code, manage issues, and streamline development workflows.

What You Can Do

With GitHub connected:

Access repositories and code
View issues and discussions
Read pull requests and reviews
Create issues and comments
Get notified of activity

Connecting GitHub

Go to Settings

Open Settings → Integrations.

Find GitHub

Click "Connect" next to GitHub.

Authenticate with your GitHub account.

Select Repositories

Choose which repositories to grant access to:

All repositories
Select repositories

Authorize

Complete the authorization process.

Using GitHub in Chat

View Repositories

"List my GitHub repositories"

"Show me recent activity in my-org/main-app"

Work with Issues

"Show open issues in my-org/main-app"

"What issues are assigned to me?"

"Create an issue in my-org/main-app:
Title: 'Fix login bug'
Body: 'Users report login fails on Safari'"

Pull Requests

"Show open PRs in my-org/main-app"

"What PRs need my review?"

"Summarize PR #123"

Search Code

"Find where AuthService is defined in my-org/main-app"

"Search for 'TODO' comments in the codebase"

Using GitHub with Agents

PR Notifier

Name: PR Summary Bot
Trigger: Event - PR opened
Integrations: GitHub, Slack

Instructions:
1. Get PR details: title, description, files changed
2. Assess the size (small/medium/large)
3. Post to #engineering:
   "New PR: {title}
    Size: {size}
    Files: {count}
    Link: {url}"
4. If large PR (>500 lines), mention @lead

Issue Triage

Name: Issue Categorizer
Trigger: Event - Issue created
Integrations: GitHub

Instructions:
1. Read issue title and body
2. Categorize: bug, feature, documentation, question
3. Add appropriate labels
4. If bug with 'urgent' or 'critical', assign to on-call

Weekly Development Summary

Name: Dev Week Summary
Trigger: Weekly, Fridays at 5:00 PM
Integrations: GitHub, Slack

Instructions:
1. Count PRs merged this week
2. List issues closed
3. Note any issues opened > 7 days ago (stale)
4. Post summary to #dev-updates

Repository Access

Personal Repositories

All your personal repos can be accessed (if you granted permission).

Organization Repositories

For org repos:

You must have access to the repo
Billix sees what you see

Private vs Public

Billix respects repository visibility—it can only access repos you have permission to view.

Common Actions

Creating Issues

"Create issue in owner/repo:
Title: Bug - Login page not loading
Labels: bug, priority-high
Body: |
  ## Description
  Login page shows blank screen on Chrome.

  ## Steps to reproduce
  1. Go to /login
  2. Page stays blank

  ## Expected
  Login form should appear"

Commenting on PRs

"Comment on PR #45 in my-org/app:
'Looks good! Just one suggestion - consider adding a test for the edge case.'"

Searching

"Find files containing 'API_KEY' in my-org/app"

"Search for functions named 'processOrder' across all my repos"