🤖 AutoCoder – Automated Code Generation from GitHub Issues

AutoCoder is a GitHub Action that automatically generates code based on GitHub issue descriptions using OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
It then creates a pull request (PR) with the generated code, allowing your team to review and merge AI-assisted code contributions.

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🚀 Features

• Automatically triggers when an issue is labeled (configurable).
• Uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT API to generate code from issue content.
• Automatically commits generated code to a new branch.
• Creates a Pull Request for review and merging.
• Uploads generated code as an artifact for inspection.

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🧩 How It Works

1. A GitHub issue receives a specific label (e.g., autocoder).
2. The workflow runs the AutoCoder composite action.
3. The action:
   • Checks out the repository.
   • Generates code using a shell script that calls ChatGPT.
   • Commits the generated files.
   • Creates a new pull request linked to the issue.

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⚙️ Inputs

Name	Description	Required	Default
GITHUB_TOKEN	GitHub token used to authenticate and create pull requests.	✅ Yes	—
REPOSITORY	The repository where the action runs (e.g., username/repo).	✅ Yes	—
ISSUE_NUMBER	The issue number that triggered the action.	✅ Yes	—
OPENAI_API_KEY	Your OpenAI API key to access ChatGPT.	✅ Yes	—
SCRIPT_PATH	Path to the script that handles ChatGPT code generation.	❌ No	scripts/script.sh
LABEL	Label used to trigger and tag PRs.	❌ No	autocoder-bot

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📤 Outputs

Name	Description
pull_request_url	The URL of the automatically created pull request containing the generated code.

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🧠 Example Workflow

name: AutoCodeGen
on:
  issues:
    types: [labeled]

permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  generate_code:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: AutoCoder Composite Action
        uses: jaunger-app/AutoCoder@v5
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
          LABEL: 'autocoder'
          REPOSITORY: 'your-username/your-repo'
          ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          SCRIPT_PATH: ./scripts/script.sh