API_KEY
gist_api_key
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- Personal Access Tokengeneric_api_key · stringRequired
GIST
GitHub Gist is a service provided by GitHub that allows users to share code snippets, notes, and other text-based content. It supports both public and private gists, enabling easy sharing and collaboration.
Description is untrusted, display-only upstream metadata. It never becomes policy, OAuth scope authority, or an agent instruction.
Pakkawork boundary
Research catalogue metadata only. No Pakkawork OAuth, credential, host, quota, executor, or verifier is enabled.
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Capability index
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GIST_CHECK_GIST_STAR
Check if the authenticated user has starred a specific gist. Returns True if the gist is starred, False if not starred or if the gist doesn't exist. This is a read-only, idempotent operation that requires authentication but no special permissions.
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GIST_CREATE_GIST
Tool to create a new gist with one or more files. Use when you need to create a code snippet or text file to share. Note: Do not name your files 'gistfile' with a numerical suffix.
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GIST_CREATE_GIST_COMMENT
Tool to create a comment on a gist. Use when you need to add a comment to an existing gist.
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GIST_DELETE_GIST
Tool to delete a gist. Use when you have a gist_id and want to permanently remove that gist. Example prompt: "Delete gist 'aa5a315d61ae9438b18d'".
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GIST_DELETE_GIST_COMMENT
Tool to delete a comment on a gist. Use when you have both the gist_id and comment_id and want to remove that comment. Example prompt: "Delete comment 42 from gist 'aa5a315d61ae9438b18d'".
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GIST_FORK_GIST
Tool to fork a gist. Use when you need to create a copy of an existing gist under your own account.
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GIST_GET_GIST
Tool to retrieve a specific gist by its ID. Use when you have a gist_id and need complete gist details.
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GIST_GET_GIST_COMMENT
Tool to get a specific comment on a gist. Use when you need to retrieve details of a particular comment given gist_id and comment_id.
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GIST_GET_GIST_REVISION
Tool to retrieve a specific gist revision. Use when you need details of a past state for an existing gist by commit SHA.
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GIST_LIST_GIST_COMMENTS
Tool to list comments on a gist. Use after confirming the gist_id to retrieve comments for a specific gist. Example: 'List comments for gist abc123'.
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GIST_LIST_GIST_COMMITS
Tool to list the commit history of a gist. Use after you have the gist ID to review its revisions.
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GIST_LIST_GIST_FORKS
Tool to list forks of a gist. Use after obtaining a gist_id to retrieve all forks for the gist.
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GIST_LIST_GISTS
Tool to list the authenticated user's gists or all public gists if called anonymously. Use after setting a valid GitHub token in headers.
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GIST_LIST_PUBLIC_GISTS
Tool to list public gists sorted by most recently updated. Use when you need to discover recent public gists. Note: with pagination, you can fetch up to 3000 gists.
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GIST_LIST_STARRED_GISTS
Tool to list the authenticated user's starred gists. Use when you need to retrieve all gists the user has starred.
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GIST_LIST_USER_GISTS
Tool to list public gists for a specified GitHub user. Use when you have a username and need their gists.
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GIST_STAR_GIST
Star a GitHub gist. This operation is idempotent and will succeed even if the gist is already starred.
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GIST_UNSTAR_GIST
Unstar a GitHub gist. This operation is idempotent and will succeed even if the gist is not currently starred.
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GIST_UPDATE_GIST
Tool to update a gist's description and files. Use when you need to modify gist content, rename files, or delete files from a gist.
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GIST_UPDATE_GIST_COMMENT
Tool to update a Gist comment. Updates an existing comment on a gist. You must be the author of the comment to update it.
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