respond-github

A command for posting replies to GitHub issues or pull requests, or GitLab issues or merge requests. These are online discussions about code changes or problems.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to respond to an issue or proposed code change by number or URL, with the appropriate GitHub or GitLab command.
Why use it?
It gathers the discussion and helps place the response in the correct repository thread.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/desplega-ai/agent-swarm/respond-github
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/desplega-ai/agent-swarm
Per session 14 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 366 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00014 $0.00366
Opus 5 $0.00007 $0.00183
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00073
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00037

Measured 3d ago against content hash 4d314981fdda, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

respond-github scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugin/commands/respond-github.md · 38 lines

What it actually says

Respond to VCS Issue/PR/MR

Post a response to a GitHub issue/PR or GitLab issue/MR.

Provider detection: Check the URL or remote:

  • If GitHub → use gh issue comment / gh pr comment
  • If GitLab → use glab issue note / glab mr note

Arguments

  • issue-or-pr-number-or-url: Either a number (e.g., 123) or a full URL

Workflow

  1. Parse the input — if given a URL, extract owner, repo, type (issue/PR), and number. If just a number, determine type from current repo context.
  2. Ensure repo is cloned to /workspace/personal/<repo-name> (clone with gh repo clone if needed).
  3. Get full context — read the original description and all comments in the thread.
  4. Understand what's being asked — if this is from @agent-swarm, focus on what was asked in that mention.
  5. Formulate and post your response using gh issue comment / gh pr comment (or glab equivalents).

Decision Framework

  • What specific question or request needs addressing?
  • Do you need to provide code examples?
  • Should you ask clarifying questions?
  • Is this something you can resolve, or do you need human input?

Tips

  • Check if there's already a PR addressing an issue before responding
  • For complex requests, acknowledge receipt and outline your plan
  • If you've completed work, link to the relevant PR or commit
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 38 lines · 14 tokens per session scan A 4d314981fdda

Subscribe to this mod's changes

respond-github is a command published in the GitHub repository desplega-ai/agent-swarm (729 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 14 tokens to every session and 366 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.