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How it works

The Github Connector picks up all of the Pull Requests and Issues in a specified repository.
  • It will index both Open and Closed PRs. This includes the Title and Summary.
  • It will index Issues and comments both Open and Closed
  • Includes certain other metadata such as the URL, creator, etc.

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Permission Sync Feature

The GitHub connector supports permission synchronization, which ensures that users can only access documents they have permissions to view in GitHub. When enabled, this feature:
  • Syncs user permissions from GitHub repositories and organizations
  • Ensures that users only see search results for repositories they have access to
  • Maintains consistent access control between GitHub and Onyx
Permission sync is available only on Cloud and the Enterprise Edition of Onyx, and it requires additional token permissions beyond those needed for basic indexing.

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⚠️ CRITICAL REQUIREMENT: Public Email Profile

VERY IMPORTANT: For permission sync to work, users must have their email address publicly visible in their GitHub profile. If a user’s email is set to private, they will not get access to any documents through Onyx.How to Make Your Email Public on GitHub:
  1. Log in to your GitHub account
  2. Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner
  3. Select Settings from the dropdown menu
  4. In the left sidebar, click on Emails
  5. Scroll down to Keep my email addresses private and uncheck this option
  6. Now go back to the left sidebar and click on Public profile
  7. Scroll down to the Public email section
  8. Select your email address from the dropdown
  9. Click Update profile to save the changes
Why is this required?Onyx uses the public email to match GitHub users with Onyx users for permission synchronization. Without a public email, the system cannot identify which GitHub permissions apply to which Onyx user.

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Setting up

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Authorization

This Connector uses a GitHub Access Token. The required permissions depend on whether you’re using the permission sync feature.

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Basic Setup (Indexing Only)

For basic indexing without permission sync:
  1. This guide shows the following steps in detail.
  2. Log in to GitHub.
  3. In the upper right corner, expand your profile and click on Settings
  4. On the bottom, go to Developer settings -> Personal access tokens -> Tokens (classic)
  5. Click on Generate new token
  6. Grant the following permissions:
    • Repository permissions:
      • repo (Full control of private repositories) - to access PRs and issues

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Permission Sync Setup

For permission sync functionality, you need additional permissions: Repository permissions:
  • Administration: Read access
  • Issues: Read access
  • Metadata: Read access
  • Pull requests: Read access
Organization permissions:
  • Administration: Read only
  • Members: Read only

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Token Configuration

  1. Set any expiration time. A new token will have to be provided to Onyx to continue updating the Onyx index once this one expires.
  2. Important: If you plan to use permission sync, ensure all the above permissions are granted when creating the token.

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Indexing

  1. Navigate to the Admin Dashboard and select the GitHub Connector
  2. For https://github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx, it would look like:
GithubConnector GithubConnector