How to use Claude Code Action: what you can do with it

3 use cases

• Add Claude to your GitHub repo's pull requests and issues

  Use the quickstart in Claude Code to install the GitHub app and the secrets the action needs.

  • REPO anthropics/claude-code-action
  • Claude Code
  • Software and DevOps
  • Beginner
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  Install anthropics/claude-code-action on <repo> using /install-github-app in Claude Code, confirm the secrets, then open a test PR comment asking Claude to explain one function.

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• Get an automatic code review on every pull request

  Use the Solutions Guide's automatic PR review pattern so Claude reviews each PR when it opens.

  • REPO anthropics/claude-code-action
  • Claude Code
  • Software and DevOps
  • Intermediate
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  Add anthropics/claude-code-action's automatic PR code review workflow from the Solutions Guide to <repo>, tune the prompt to our <standards>, and open a test PR to check it.

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• Triage and label new GitHub issues automatically

  Use the Issue Triage and Labeling pattern so Claude categorizes issues as they arrive.

  • REPO anthropics/claude-code-action
  • Claude Code
  • Software and DevOps
  • Intermediate
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  Set up anthropics/claude-code-action's issue triage and labeling pattern on <repo> with our labels <list>, and test it on a new issue.

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What people are building with Claude Code Action

• Built withthe web

  Runs Claude Code Action on every GrowthX pull request with progress tracking and a skip tag

  GrowthX shares its workflow: claude-code-action reviews each opened or updated PR with track_progress on, a custom review prompt, and a step that skips the review when the PR title contains [skip-claude], so humans can focus on business logic and product decisions.

  Claude Code Action on GitHubTry it: Get an automatic code review on every pull request

  By Daniel Lopes (tech.growthx.ai) on the web·Nov 22, 2025

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• Built withthe web

  Built an automated security reviewer on Claude Code Action for Deriv pull requests

  Deriv manages 700+ repositories and about 100 pull requests a week. Its security team wired Claude Code GitHub Actions into CI so every PR gets a structured security scan as a comment before human review, and developers can ask Claude for fixes in the thread. It runs across four GitHub organisations.

  Claude Code Action on GitHubTry it: Add Claude to your GitHub repo's pull requests and issues

  By Vishal Panchani (derivai.substack.com) on the web·Mar 31, 2026

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Real builds shared on X, Hacker News, Reddit, DEV and GitHub, summed up by Deduped from each post and its links; each card links to the original post. See what people are building with other repos

Quick start with Claude Code Action

1. Check you have what it needs: A GitHub repository where you are an admin (to install the app and add secrets); Claude Code in the terminal for the quickstart, with a direct Anthropic API key; Or AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI or Microsoft Foundry, set up through the cloud providers guide.
2. Open anthropics/claude-code-action on GitHub and read the README and license.
3. Open claude in your terminal inside the repository
4. Run the /install-github-app command and follow the prompts
5. Confirm the GitHub app and the API key secret were added
6. Mention Claude in a PR comment with a question to test it

These steps come from our top use case, Add Claude to your GitHub repo's pull requests and issues, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for anthropics/claude-code-action

claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp

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• Who it is forTeams on GitHub who want an AI reviewer and implementer in pull requests and issues.
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Requirements

• A GitHub repository where you are an admin (to install the app and add secrets)
• Claude Code in the terminal for the quickstart, with a direct Anthropic API key
• Or AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI or Microsoft Foundry, set up through the cloud providers guide

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