How to Connect GitHub to AI (Issues & PRs, Free)

GitHub notifications are a firehose. Between review requests, mentions and issues assigned to you across a dozen repositories, it’s easy to lose track of what actually needs you today.

Connecting GitHub to AI lets you ask. Viro reads issues and pull requests, not your code, so it’s a fast way to triage without handing over your source.

This guide shows how to connect GitHub to Viro AI, the free AI assistant with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Viro’s own model in one app, and what you can do once it’s connected.

What you can do when GitHub is connected to AI

Read and catch up:

List the repositories you’ve allowed
Show open issues and pull requests assigned to you, created by you, or mentioning you
Show everything in one repository, or search issues by words
Read an issue or pull request, with its description, labels and newest 20 comments

Make changes, with your OK:

File a new issue in a repository
Comment on an issue or pull request

What it won’t do: read your code, or a pull request’s changed files and reviews; close, reopen, edit, label or assign issues; or create or merge pull requests.

How to connect GitHub to AI, step by step

Open Viro AI at ai.viro.app, or in the iPhone, Android or Mac app, and sign in. It’s free.
Go to Customize → Connectors, open GitHub and select Connect to Viro.
Install the Viro AI Connect app on GitHub’s screen and choose which repositories it can use.
Check that it’s connected. Back in Viro, GitHub is listed under Yours.

What to ask GitHub once it’s connected

Once it’s connected, just ask in any chat. Use your own names and dates.

Triage

“What issues are assigned to me?”
“Which pull requests mention me and are still open?”

Understanding

“Summarize pull request #42 in the web repo.”
“What’s the latest on the login timeout issue?”

Filing

“Is there already an issue about the login timeout?”
“File an issue in web: the login button overlaps on iPad.”

Across your apps

Connect GitHub, Linear and Jira together and Viro lists your issues from all of them in one answer, labelled by source, up to 50 at a time, most recently updated first. With Slack: “What did the team say in #bugs about the issues assigned to me?”

Does the AI change GitHub without asking?

No. Viro shows a card marked Needs your OK with exactly what it will post. Nothing changes until you select Create issue or Post comment, and you can Edit the wording first. Issues and comments are posted as you, and if the repository is public the card warns you before anything goes up.

Good to know

Viro only sees the repositories you allowed when you installed the app. To add more, disconnect, connect again and select them.
Viro can’t file issues in archived repositories or ones with issues turned off.
A comment never changes an issue’s status; close issues on GitHub.

Is it private?

Viro reads your GitHub data only to answer what you ask. It is never used to train AI models and Viro never sells your data. Free-plan ads are matched to words in the current conversation, never to your identity or your connected apps, and no human reads your chats.

To disconnect, open GitHub in Customize → Connectors and select Disconnect. The Viro AI Connect app stays installed on GitHub until you remove it in your GitHub settings under Applications.

Why use Viro for GitHub?

It never reads your code. Issues and pull request discussions only.
More than one model. Ask with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Viro’s own model, and switch mid-conversation.
Free. Connectors are included on every plan, including Free, on web, iPhone, Android and Mac.
All your apps in one place. More than 40 connectors, so one question can cover your email, calendar, files and work apps together.
Clean energy. Viro’s own model runs in data centers powered by hydro, geothermal and wind, and Viro funds new clean energy to match its partner models. See the data centers.

Connect GitHub to Viro AI free. Full details are on the GitHub help page, and every other app is listed in how to connect your apps to AI.

Frequently asked questions

Can AI read my GitHub code?

Not with Viro. It reads issues and pull requests, with their descriptions, labels and comments, but never your code or a pull request’s changed files.

Can AI create GitHub issues?

Yes. Ask Viro to file an issue and it shows the title and description on a card. Nothing is posted until you select Create issue, and it’s posted as you.

Can I see GitHub, Jira and Linear issues together?

Yes. Connect them all and Viro lists your issues from every tool in one answer, labelled by where each came from.

Is it safe to connect GitHub to AI?

With Viro, your GitHub data is read only to answer your questions. It is never used to train AI models and never sold, and every change waits for your OK. You can disconnect at any time.

Is connecting GitHub to Viro free?

Yes. Connectors are included on every Viro plan, including Free.

Sources

GitHub connector, Viro Help Center
Connectors, Viro Help Center

How to Connect GitHub to AI: Your Issues and Pull Requests, Summarized