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GitHub

The GitHub collector enables deep research into technical repositories, allowing you to synthesize code, documentation, and issue history.

Capabilities

Repo Search Search by topic or keywords

Code Analysis Extract logic from source files

Readmes Synthesize repo documentation

How Configuration Works

All collectors in Lens adhere to a unified configuration pattern. Instead of hardcoding values, you inject parameters at runtime using the lens.config.yaml file or directly via the ResearchAgent constructor.

Dynamic Configuration

When you initialize a collector, it inspects the configuration object passed to it. This allows for flexible behavior adjustments—such as changing target languages, result limits, or API-specific flags—without modifying the core collector logic. Refer to the central Configuration Reference for the full list of supported parameters available to this collector.

Note: While many collectors operate without authentication, the GitHub collector strongly recommends providing a personal access token for higher rate limits.

Schema Mapping

Source Field	Lens Field	Type
full_name	title	string
description	summary	text
html_url	source_url	url
stargazers_count	authority_score	int

Authentication Note

While the GitHub collector works without a token for public data, we strongly recommend using one to avoid rate limiting during large-scale research pipelines.

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