Private repo search
Skill patrickserrano/lacquer/core/skills/private-repo-search
Go CLI + profile templates that standardize how Claude Code works across every project
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Use when you need to find code, a pattern, or a past implementation across GitHub repos — including private ones you have access to — not just the current working directory. grep/Glob only reach the checked-out repo; this reaches everywhere `gh` is authenticated for. Own version of the dx plugin's `/dx:private-github-search`.
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Private Repo Search
gh search code — GitHub's code search API through the CLI you already have
authenticated, scoped to exactly the repos/orgs you need instead of a raw
gh api call.
Prerequisites
Requires the gh CLI installed.
gh auth status # confirm authenticated; code search needs no extra scope beyond default
Core usage
gh search code <query> [flags]
| Flag | Use for |
|---|---|
--owner <org-or-user> | Scope to everything an org/user owns |
--repo <owner/name> (repeatable) | Scope to specific repo(s) |
--language <lang> | Filter by language |
--filename <name> | Filter by filename (e.g. package.json) |
--extension <ext> | Filter by file extension |
--match file|path | Restrict the match to file contents or the path itself |
--json path,repository,sha,textMatches,url + -q <jq-expr> | Structured output for scripting |
-L, --limit <n> | Result cap (default 30) |
# Find where a symbol is used across every repo in an org
gh search code "someFunctionName" --owner patrickserrano
# Narrow to specific repos and a language
gh search code "RLSPolicy" --repo patrickserrano/harness --language go
# Find a config file by name across everything you can see
gh search code --filename .lacquer.toml
# Machine-readable output for a downstream step
gh search code "TODO(migration)" --owner patrickserrano --json path,repository,url -q '.[] | "\(.repository.nameWithOwner): \(.path)"'
After finding a hit
gh search code returns matched paths, not full file content. Fetch the
actual content once you know the repo and path:
gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/contents/<path> --jq '.content' | base64 -d
# or, simpler for a quick look:
gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/contents/<path> -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.raw"
Caveats
- Results lag behind pushes. The index isn't real-time — a just-pushed commit may not show up for a few minutes.
- Legacy search engine.
gh search codeuses GitHub's older code-search API, not the newer engine github.com's web UI uses — results and available qualifiers (no regex) can differ from what you'd see in the browser. - Scope is "everywhere
ghcan see." A search with no--owner/--repofilter that returns nothing from a private repo you expect usually means an auth/visibility gap, not that the content isn't there — checkgh auth statusand repo access before concluding a miss is real.