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List GitHub Notifications

Use gh api to fetch all unread GitHub notifications with automatic pagination.

Command

Use the --jq flag (NOT a pipe to jq) to filter output inline:

gh api /notifications --paginate --jq '.[] | {id, reason, unread, updated_at, repo: .repository.full_name, title: .subject.title, type: .subject.type, url: .subject.url}'

This is the ONLY command you should run. Do NOT modify it. Do NOT add anything to it.

Rules

• NEVER pipe to jq, python, python3, or any other program
• NEVER add 2>/dev/null or any redirects
• NEVER wrap the command in a script
• ALWAYS prepend GH_PAGER=cat to gh api calls to avoid interactive pagers
• NEVER add other environment variable prefixes
• The --jq flag handles all JSON filtering — no external tools needed
• The --paginate flag handles pagination — no manual page loops needed

Filters

• Participating only: Add --method GET -f participating=true
• Include read: Add --method GET -f all=true
• Specific repo: Use gh api /repos/{owner}/{repo}/notifications --paginate --jq '...'
• Since date: Add -f since=2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constructing HTML URLs

The url field is an API URL like https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/pulls/123. Convert to a clickable URL:

• For pulls: https://github.com/{repo}/pull/{number}
• For issues: https://github.com/{repo}/issues/{number}

Extract the number from the API URL's last path segment.

Priority

Sort notifications by reason priority (highest first):

1. security_alert (critical)
2. assign (high)
3. review_requested (high)
4. mention (high)
5. ci_activity (medium)
6. comment (medium)
7. team_mention (medium)
8. state_change (medium)
9. author (low)
10. subscribed (low)