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What is GitHub?

GitHub is where most software gets built and stored, repositories, branches, commits, pull requests, issues, reviews, releases. Working across it is a constant stream of actions: filing and triaging issues, opening and updating pull requests, reviewing, branching, checking files. This connection lets Fabric's assistant handle much of that for you, in plain language.

What Fabric's assistant can do with GitHub

Once your GitHub is connected, Fabric's AI assistant can act on your repos from plain-language requests.

Find and read. Find a branch, repository, issue, pull request, user, or organization, get the contents of a file, and check organization membership, so you can locate code and context without leaving what you're doing.

Manage issues and pull requests. Create and update issues and pull requests, find or create either, add labels, create comments, and submit reviews, the everyday triage and review work.

Work with code and repos. Create branches, create or update files, delete branches, create gists, and set your profile status, so routine repo actions can be asked for rather than done by hand.

Because you ask in your own words, you describe what should happen and the assistant maps it to the right GitHub action or trigger.

You stay in control

The assistant acts only when you ask. For anything consequential, creating or updating a file, deleting a branch, opening or updating a pull request, submitting a review, it confirms with you before going ahead, unless you've told it not to for a particular task. Finding, reading, and getting file contents never change anything in your repos.

When something should happen regularly, you can set up a Fabric AI job that runs on a schedule, triaging and labelling new issues, commenting on pull requests, posting release notes, so the routine work runs itself while you keep approval over anything that changes code or branches.

Search your GitHub from Fabric

Alongside the assistant, connecting GitHub adds keyword search over your GitHub content from Fabric's main search, so an issue, pull request, or repo is findable by matching text in the same place you search the rest of your library, rather than searching GitHub separately.

How people use it

Engineers file and triage issues, open and update pull requests, and read file contents by asking, keeping the workflow moving without leaving their train of thought. It fits how Fabric works for developers.

Maintainers let repo activity, new issues, pull requests, review requests, trigger follow-on actions like labelling, commenting, or notifying.

Teams have the assistant handle routine review and triage, so the repetitive parts of keeping repos tidy take less attention.

People with recurring repo chores set up a scheduled AI job to handle triage, labelling, or release notes, while keeping approval over anything that changes code.

Frequently asked questions

What does the GitHub connection do?

It lets Fabric's AI assistant work across your GitHub, taking actions like creating and updating issues and pull requests, reading files, creating branches, and submitting reviews. It also adds keyword search over your GitHub content in Fabric.

What can the assistant do in GitHub?

It can find branches, repos, issues, pull requests, and users, get file contents, check org membership, create and update issues and pull requests, add labels, create comments, branches, and gists, create or update files, delete branches, and submit reviews. You ask in plain language rather than choosing from a fixed list.

Does the assistant change my repos on its own?

No. It acts only when you ask, and for consequential actions, changing files, deleting branches, opening or updating pull requests, submitting reviews, it confirms with you first, unless you've deliberately told it not to for a specific task. Finding, reading, and getting file contents change nothing.

Can I automate triage and review?

Yes. A Fabric AI job can run on a schedule, for example labelling and triaging new issues or commenting on pull requests, while you keep approval over anything that changes code.

Can I search my GitHub from Fabric?

Yes, by keyword, from Fabric's main search, so an issue, pull request, or repo is findable by matching text alongside the rest of your library.

How is this different from the GitHub Stars connection?

The GitHub Stars connection brings your starred repos into Fabric so they're searchable by what they do. This connection is the working one: the assistant acts across your repos, issues, and pull requests, and adds keyword search. One saves the repos you've bookmarked; the other helps you work. You can use both.

Will it change code or delete branches without asking?

No. Nothing that changes code, files, or branches happens without your confirmation, unless you've chosen to let a specific task run without it.

Is my GitHub data secure?

Everything in Fabric is encrypted in transit and at rest. The connection acts on your GitHub with your authorisation, and you control what it does. The details are in the privacy and security guide and Fabric's privacy commitment.

Does this work through MCP or the API?

Fabric also exposes your library and connected tools to external AI through its MCP server and API; this connection is the built-in way to have Fabric's own assistant work with your GitHub.

Does Fabric work with other tools alongside GitHub?

Yes. GitHub is one of many connections. You can also connect Notion, Google Drive, and Gmail, and automate across many apps with Zapier.