From 9481177f3ded6eaac91e6bb74e30ed0fa45db604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael B. Gale" <mbg@github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:49:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Initialise API client

---
 package-lock.json        | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 pr-checks/package.json   |  4 +++
 pr-checks/sync-checks.ts | 17 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c0ee6909b..4c0800f0e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -411,36 +411,6 @@
         "undici": "^6.23.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@actions/github/node_modules/@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": {
-      "version": "14.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest/-/plugin-paginate-rest-14.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-fNVRE7ufJiAA3XUrha2omTA39M6IXIc6GIZLvlbsm8QOQCYvpq/LkMNGyFlB1d8hTDzsAXa3OKtybdMAYsV/fw==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@octokit/types": "^16.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 20"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@octokit/core": ">=6"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@actions/github/node_modules/@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": {
-      "version": "17.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods/-/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods-17.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-B5yCyIlOJFPqUUeiD0cnBJwWJO8lkJs5d8+ze9QDP6SvfiXSz1BF+91+0MeI1d2yxgOhU/O+CvtiZ9jSkHhFAw==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@octokit/types": "^16.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 20"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@octokit/core": ">=6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@actions/github/node_modules/undici": {
       "version": "6.23.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-6.23.0.tgz",
@@ -2138,6 +2108,21 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-whrdktVs1h6gtR+09+QsNk2+FO+49j6ga1c55YZudfEG+oKJVvJLQi3zkOm5JjiUXAagWK2tI2kTGKJ2Ys7MGA==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": {
+      "version": "14.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest/-/plugin-paginate-rest-14.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fNVRE7ufJiAA3XUrha2omTA39M6IXIc6GIZLvlbsm8QOQCYvpq/LkMNGyFlB1d8hTDzsAXa3OKtybdMAYsV/fw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/types": "^16.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 20"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@octokit/core": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-request-log": {
       "version": "1.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-request-log/-/plugin-request-log-1.0.4.tgz",
@@ -2147,6 +2132,21 @@
         "@octokit/core": ">=3"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": {
+      "version": "17.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods/-/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods-17.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-B5yCyIlOJFPqUUeiD0cnBJwWJO8lkJs5d8+ze9QDP6SvfiXSz1BF+91+0MeI1d2yxgOhU/O+CvtiZ9jSkHhFAw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/types": "^16.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 20"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@octokit/core": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-retry": {
       "version": "8.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-retry/-/plugin-retry-8.0.3.tgz",
@@ -9921,6 +9921,10 @@
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "*",
+        "@actions/github": "*",
+        "@octokit/core": "*",
+        "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "*",
+        "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "*",
         "@types/node": "^20.19.9",
         "tsx": "^4.21.0",
         "typescript": "^5.9.3"
diff --git a/pr-checks/package.json b/pr-checks/package.json
index 7ec2fdc0f..48bcf6ba3 100644
--- a/pr-checks/package.json
+++ b/pr-checks/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "*",
+    "@actions/github": "*",
+    "@octokit/core": "*",
+    "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "*",
+    "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "*",
     "@types/node": "^20.19.9",
     "tsx": "^4.21.0",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3"
diff --git a/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts b/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
index f447ace02..f618cdcfa 100755
--- a/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
+++ b/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,22 @@
 
 import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
 
+import * as githubUtils from "@actions/github/lib/utils";
+import { type Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
+import { type PaginateInterface } from "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest";
+import { type Api } from "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods";
+
 import { OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION } from "./config";
 
+/** The type of the Octokit client. */
+type ApiClient = Octokit & Api & { paginate: PaginateInterface };
+
+/** Constructs an `ApiClient` using `token` for authentication. */
+function getApiClient(token: string): ApiClient {
+  const opts = githubUtils.getOctokitOptions(token);
+  return new githubUtils.GitHub(opts);
+}
+
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const { values: options } = parseArgs({
     options: {
@@ -37,6 +51,9 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     `Oldest supported major version is: ${OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION}`,
   );
 
+  // Initialise the API client.
+  const client = getApiClient(options.token);
+
   process.exit(0);
 }