feat: Support gitHub PAT configuration for higher github API accessing rate. (#1374)

* feat: Add github PAT configs, allowing larger github API rates.

* Update comment to English for better clarity

* fix: Remove unused config lines in config.example.yaml and unreferenced declarations in app_config. Fix lint issues and update documentation.

* fix: Remove unused imports, and passed the ruff check.

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Co-authored-by: Willem Jiang <willem.jiang@gmail.com>

.env.example

@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ INFOQUEST_API_KEY=your-infoquest-api-key
 # SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=your-slack-bot-token
 # SLACK_APP_TOKEN=your-slack-app-token
 # TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your-telegram-bot-token
+
+# GitHub API Token
+# GITHUB_TOKEN=your-github-token

backend/docs/CONFIGURATION.md

@@ -284,6 +284,14 @@ title:
   model_name: null  # Use first model in list
 ```
 
+### GitHub API Token (Optional for GitHub Deep Research Skill)
+
+The default GitHub API rate limits are quite restrictive. For frequent project research, we recommend configuring a personal access token (PAT) with read-only permissions.
+
+**Configuration Steps**:
+1. Uncomment the `GITHUB_TOKEN` line in the `.env` file and add your personal access token
+2. Restart the DeerFlow service to apply changes
+
 ## Environment Variables
 
 DeerFlow supports environment variable substitution using the `$` prefix:

skills/public/github-deep-research/scripts/github_api.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ GitHub API client for deep research.
 Uses requests for HTTP operations.
 """
 
+import os
 import json
 import sys
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
@@ -57,9 +58,10 @@ class GitHubAPI:
         Initialize GitHub API client.
 
         Args:
-            token: Optional GitHub personal access token for higher rate limits
+            token:
+                Optional GitHub personal access token for higher rate limits.
+                User can set it in .env by uncommenting the line "GITHUB_TOKEN=your-github-token".
         """
-        self.token = token
         self.headers = {
             "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
             "User-Agent": "Deep-Research-Bot/1.0",
@@ -294,7 +296,8 @@ def main():
     owner, repo = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
     command = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else "summary"
 
-    api = GitHubAPI()
+    token = os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+    api = GitHubAPI(token=token)
 
     commands = {
         "info": lambda: api.get_repo_info(owner, repo),