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I enabled the github connector in claude web interface. I presumed Claude would then be able to clone repos, make commits, update the code in its container and

I enabled the github connector in claude web interface. I presumed Claude would then be able to clone repos, make commits, update the code in its container and then write it back to github. Instead, the github connector does ..... nothing it all. It's very weird.

fzzzy 7mo ago
It can do all those things from the claude code web version.
- wewewedxfgdf 7mo ago
  Quote: "i enabled github connector can you see it?" Answer: "I don't see a GitHub connector in the available integrations. The search only returned a Microsoft Learn connector (not connected). It's possible the connector hasn't fully activated yet, or it may not be available in your current setup. Could you double-check in Settings → Integrations that it shows as connected?" Multiple such checks and re-setups do nothing.
  - fzzzy 7mo ago
    It doesn't work that way. When you start a new claude code session, you choose a GitHub repo, and it will automatically create a branch and push over the course of the session. It's not an actual MCP. It's just built into the UI. Anthropic has a lot of stuff that's way more difficult to use because of bad UI, spread over lots of different places.
    - wewewedxfgdf 7mo ago
      I am using the Claude web UI not Claude Code.
      - fzzzy 7mo ago
        Yes. I described how it works in the web ui. Do you not see where it lets you choose a github repo?
        wewewedxfgdf 7mo ago
        No its blank.
anamexis 7mo ago
Claude Code Web does all of those things for me with the GitHub connector enabled. I did have a lot of song and dance to get the permissions right though.
jimmydoe 7mo ago
My gh connnector half works in cc web. It clones ok but cant see gh comments.
bakies 7mo ago
Use GITHUB_TOKEN env var to give it gh access with the CLI. Or is gh not installed?
- wewewedxfgdf 7mo ago
  I'm using the web UI and its container.
jon-wood 7mo ago
Claude Code Web uses the Github connector to check out repositories, make commits to them, and open a PR. Unfortunately that's about all it can do with it currently, I was working with it the other day and found it somewhat disappointing that it can't read and reply to PR comments as that would be a really natural way to handle refining the code that's been written. I tried getting it to use the `gh` CLI to do so but it either doesn't have the right permissions on its token or the requests are being intercepted and filtered by the sandbox it's in. I eventually dumped all the comments as JSON from my desktop and pasted it in at which point it handled them fine so it's certainly capable of working that way.

fzzzy 7mo ago

It can do all those things from the claude code web version.

wewewedxfgdf 7mo ago
Quote: "i enabled github connector can you see it?" Answer: "I don't see a GitHub connector in the available integrations. The search only returned a Microsoft Learn connector (not connected). It's possible the connector hasn't fully activated yet, or it may not be available in your current setup. Could you double-check in Settings → Integrations that it shows as connected?" Multiple such checks and re-setups do nothing.
- fzzzy 7mo ago
  It doesn't work that way. When you start a new claude code session, you choose a GitHub repo, and it will automatically create a branch and push over the course of the session. It's not an actual MCP. It's just built into the UI. Anthropic has a lot of stuff that's way more difficult to use because of bad UI, spread over lots of different places.
  - wewewedxfgdf 7mo ago
    I am using the Claude web UI not Claude Code.
    - fzzzy 7mo ago
      Yes. I described how it works in the web ui. Do you not see where it lets you choose a github repo?
      - wewewedxfgdf 7mo ago
        No its blank.

anamexis 7mo ago

Claude Code Web does all of those things for me with the GitHub connector enabled. I did have a lot of song and dance to get the permissions right though.

jimmydoe 7mo ago

My gh connnector half works in cc web. It clones ok but cant see gh comments.

bakies 7mo ago

Use GITHUB_TOKEN env var to give it gh access with the CLI. Or is gh not installed?

wewewedxfgdf 7mo ago
I'm using the web UI and its container.

jon-wood 7mo ago

Claude Code Web uses the Github connector to check out repositories, make commits to them, and open a PR. Unfortunately that's about all it can do with it currently, I was working with it the other day and found it somewhat disappointing that it can't read and reply to PR comments as that would be a really natural way to handle refining the code that's been written. I tried getting it to use the `gh` CLI to do so but it either doesn't have the right permissions on its token or the requests are being intercepted and filtered by the sandbox it's in. I eventually dumped all the comments as JSON from my desktop and pasted it in at which point it handled them fine so it's certainly capable of working that way.