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# Extensions
While Probot doesn't have an official extension API (yet), there are a handful of reusable utilities that have been extracted from existing apps.
## Config
[probot-config](https://github.com/getsentry/probot-config) is an extension for sharing configs between repositories.
```js
const getConfig = require('probot-config')
module.exports = app => {
app.on('push', async context => {
// Will look for 'test.yml' inside the '.github' folder
const config = await getConfig(context, 'test.yml')
context.log(config, 'Loaded config')
})
}
```
Use the `_extends` option in your configuration file to extend settings from another repository.
For example, given `.github/test.yml`:
```yaml
_extends: github-settings
# Override values from the extended config or define new values
name: myrepo
```
This configuration will be merged with the `.github/test.yml` file from the `github-settings` repository, which might look like this:
```yaml
shared1: will be merged
shared2: will also be merged
```
Just put common configuration keys in a repository within your organization. Then reference this repository from config files with the same name.
## Commands
[probot-commands](http://github.com/probot/commands) is an extension that adds slash commands to GitHub. Slash commands are lines that start with `/` in comments on Issues or Pull Requests that allow users to interact directly with your app.
For example, users could add labels from comments by typing `/label in-progress`.
```js
const commands = require('probot-commands')
module.exports = app => {
// Type `/label foo, bar` in a comment box for an Issue or Pull Request
commands(app, 'label', (context, command) => {
const labels = command.arguments.split(/, */)
return context.github.issues.addLabels(context.issue({labels}))
})
}
```
## Metadata
[probot-metadata](https://github.com/probot/metadata) is an extension that stores metadata on Issues and Pull Requests.
For example, here is a contrived app that stores the number of times that comments were edited in a discussion and comments with the edit count when the issue is closed.
```js
const metadata = require('probot-metadata')
module.exports = app => {
app.on(['issues.edited', 'issue_comment.edited'], async context => {
const kv = await metadata(context)
await kv.set('edits', await kv.get('edits') || 1)
})
app.on('issues.closed', async context => {
const edits = await metadata(context).get('edits')
context.github.issues.createComment(context.issue({
body: `There were ${edits} edits to issues in this thread.`
}))
})
}
```
## Scheduler
[probot-scheduler](https://github.com/probot/scheduler) is an extension to trigger events on a periodic schedule. It triggers a `schedule.repository` event every hour for each repository it has access to.
```js
const createScheduler = require('probot-scheduler')
module.exports = app => {
createScheduler(app)
app.on('schedule.repository', context => {
// this event is triggered on an interval, which is 1 hr by default
})
}
```
Check out [stale](https://github.com/probot/stale) to see it in action.
## Attachments
[probot-attachments](https://github.com/probot/attachments) adds message attachments to comments on GitHub. This extension should be used any time an app is appending content to user comments.
```js
const attachments = require('probot-attachments')
module.exports = app => {
app.on('issue_comment.created', context => {
return attachments(context).add({
'title': 'Hello World',
'title_link': 'https://example.com/hello'
})
})
}
```
Check out [probot/unfurl](https://github.com/probot/unfurl) to see it in action.
## Community Created Extensions
[probot-messages](https://github.com/dessant/probot-messages) was created by [@dessant](https://github.com/dessant) to deliver messages that require user action to ensure the correct operation of the app.