Connect Gist to OpenClaw on Operator.io
GitHub Gist is a service for sharing code snippets and notes. It makes it easy to collaborate and organize your code or text, publicly or privately.
Automate Gist with AI
Hand Gist to an OpenClaw agent running on Operator. You write what you want in a chat and it turns that into real Gist actions like check gist star, create gist, create gist comment, without you opening the app.
Your agent reaches Gist directly or through connectors like Composio MCP and Pipedream MCP, which handle the sign in and token refresh for you, so there is nothing to wire up and no API keys to paste.
What your agent can do with Gist
Your agent can call any of these Gist actions by name as part of a larger task. Ask for the outcome you want and it picks the right ones.
Check Gist Star
Check if the authenticated user has starred a specific gist. Returns True if the gist is starred, False if not starred or if the gist doesn't exist. This is a read-only, idempotent operation that requires authentication but no special pe...
Create Gist
Tool to create a new gist with one or more files. Use when you need to create a code snippet or text file to share. Note: Do not name your files 'gistfile' with a numerical suffix.
Create Gist Comment
Tool to create a comment on a gist. Use when you need to add a comment to an existing gist.
Delete Gist
Tool to delete a gist. Use when you have a gist_id and want to permanently remove that gist. Example prompt: "Delete gist 'aa5a315d61ae9438b18d'".
Delete Gist Comment
Tool to delete a comment on a gist. Use when you have both the gist_id and comment_id and want to remove that comment. Example prompt: "Delete comment 42 from gist 'aa5a315d61ae9438b18d'".
Fork Gist
Tool to fork a gist. Use when you need to create a copy of an existing gist under your own account.
Get Gist
Tool to retrieve a specific gist by its ID. Use when you have a gist_id and need complete gist details.
Get Gist Comment
Tool to get a specific comment on a gist. Use when you need to retrieve details of a particular comment given gist_id and comment_id.
Get Gist Revision
Tool to retrieve a specific gist revision. Use when you need details of a past state for an existing gist by commit SHA.
List Gist Comments
Tool to list comments on a gist. Use after confirming the gist_id to retrieve comments for a specific gist. Example: 'List comments for gist abc123'.
List Gist Commits
Tool to list the commit history of a gist. Use after you have the gist ID to review its revisions.
List Gist Forks
Tool to list forks of a gist. Use after obtaining a gist_id to retrieve all forks for the gist.
List Gists
Tool to list the authenticated user's gists or all public gists if called anonymously. Use after setting a valid GitHub token in headers.
List Public Gists
Tool to list public gists sorted by most recently updated. Use when you need to discover recent public gists. Note: with pagination, you can fetch up to 3000 gists.
List Starred Gists
Tool to list the authenticated user's starred gists. Use when you need to retrieve all gists the user has starred.
List User Gists
Tool to list public gists for a specified GitHub user. Use when you have a username and need their gists.
Star a Gist
Star a GitHub gist. This operation is idempotent and will succeed even if the gist is already starred.
Unstar a Gist
Unstar a GitHub gist. This operation is idempotent and will succeed even if the gist is not currently starred.
Update Gist
Tool to update a gist's description and files. Use when you need to modify gist content, rename files, or delete files from a gist.
Update Gist Comment
Tool to update a Gist comment. Updates an existing comment on a gist. You must be the author of the comment to update it.
How to connect Gist
You authorize Gist once from your dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access tokens on its own, so your agent keeps working with Gist without you signing in again. The same setup unlocks every other app your agent can reach, so you only do it once.
When you are ready, the get started guide walks through standing up your OpenClaw agent.
Common questions about Gist
- How do I connect Gist to Operator?
- You authorize Gist once from your Operator dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access token for you, so your agent keeps working with Gist without you signing in again.
- Can my agent work with issues and pull requests in Gist?
- Yes. It can open and comment on issues, review pull requests, manage labels, and read project details when you ask. Teams use it to triage incoming work, draft release notes, and post a summary of what changed without leaving chat.
- Do I need to write code or manage Gist API keys?
- No code and no API keys. You authorize Gist through a normal sign in and Operator handles the connection, so there is nothing to wire up or host.
- Can my agent use Gist together with my other apps?
- Yes. The same agent reaches every app you connect, so it can move between Gist and tools like GitHub, Supabase, Pagerduty in one job, reading from one and acting in another without you wiring anything between them.
More apps to automate
Apps your agent runs alongside Gist, or browse all integrations.
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