docs/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/sub-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.documentgithubloader.md

metadata

title: GitHub Document Loader node documentation
description: >-
  Learn how to use the GitHub Document Loader node in n8n. Follow technical
  documentation to integrate GitHub Document Loader node into your workflows.
contentType:
  - integration
  - reference

GitHub Document Loader node

Use the GitHub Document Loader node to load data from a GitHub repository for vector stores or summarization.

On this page, you'll find the node parameters for the GitHub Document Loader node, and links to more resources.

/// note | Credentials You can find authentication information for this node here. This node doesn't support OAuth for authentication. ///

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Node parameters

• Text Splitting: Choose from:
  • Simple: Uses the Recursive Character Text Splitter with a chunk size of 1000 and an overlap of 200.
  • Custom: Allows you to connect a text splitter of your choice.
• Repository Link: Enter the URL of your GitHub repository.
• Branch: Enter the branch name to use.

Node options

• Recursive: Select whether to include sub-folders and files (turned on) or not (turned off).
• Ignore Paths: Enter directories to ignore.

Templates and examples

[[ templatesWidget(page.title, 'github-document-loader') ]]

Related resources

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