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Connecting GitHub lets Kinn read the conversations happening around your open-source project — issues, discussions, and the threads where users report problems and ask for features — so you can query them the same way you query Discord or Reddit.

This is the integration to reach for if you maintain developer tooling: the signal in a busy issue tracker is exactly what Kinn is built to surface.

What it pulls in​

For each repository you connect, Kinn ingests:

  • Issues and their comment threads
  • Pull requests and their comment threads
  • Discussions (if enabled on the repo)
  • Labels, status, and reactions, so Kinn can tell open from resolved and gauge how strongly people feel about something

What it does not touch: your source code, your CI, or anything outside the repos you explicitly connect.

How to connect​

  1. From your dashboard, go to Sources → Add source → GitHub.
  2. Authorize the Kinn GitHub App.
  3. Select the specific repositories you want Kinn to read. You can add or remove repos later.
  4. Wait for the initial sync to finish.

Permissions​

Kinn requests read-only access, scoped to the repositories you choose:

  • Read access to issues, pull requests, and discussions — to ingest the conversations.
  • Read access to metadata — to map labels, status, and reactions.

The exact scopes appear when you install the Kinn GitHub App. Kinn never requests write access and never requests access to repository contents (your code).

What you can now ask​

Once a repo is connected and synced, try:

  • What are the most-reported issues this month?
  • Are people hitting problems with the latest release?
  • What integrations or features are users requesting most?
  • Summarize the open issues tagged as bugs.

See Writing good queries for more.