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Ryan Schultz 107220aa9a docs: split site docs into platform + site layers; add changelog entries 
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Platform: GitHub

GitHub is a hosted Git platform providing repository hosting, issue tracking, pull requests, code review, and CI/CD. It exposes a comprehensive REST API for reading public repository data.

Available signals

  • Commits authored
  • Pull requests opened
  • Pull request reviews submitted
  • Issue comments

How to collect

GitHub REST API (v3). Public repository data requires no authentication.

Base URL: https://api.github.com

Example endpoints:

  • /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits?author={username} — commits by user
  • /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls?state=all — pull requests
  • /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews — PR reviews

Rate limits: 60 requests/hour unauthenticated. Authenticated requests (personal access token) raise this to 5,000/hour. The public-data-only principle constrains us to unauthenticated access; design the collector with appropriate delays.

General concerns

  • The same person may use different GitHub usernames across organisations
  • 60 requests/hour unauthenticated is a practical constraint at scale
  • Commits vary widely in size; raw commit count is a blunt signal