Github Repository Manager with Pulumi

This is a submission for the Pulumi Deploy and Document Challenge: Get Creative with Pulumi and GitHub

What I Built

🧾 Overview of the Project
Github Repository Manager is a simple tool that helps you create a GitHub repository and connect it to a webhook using Pulumi.
This means you can tell GitHub:

“Hey, when someone opens an issue, send me a message!”

It’s like setting up an alarm that rings when someone knocks on your GitHub project. 🔔

We use code (Pulumi) instead of clicking around. It saves time and feels like magic!

📺 Live Demo Video
👉 Watch the demo here:

Project Repo

Github Repo Link with a through readme anyone can read and understand

My Journey

1. Started with a Plan 📝 I began by reading the Pulumi + GitHub challenge rules. My idea was simple:

"Let’s make an app that creates a GitHub repo and connects a webhook to it using Pulumi."

This app would let GitHub send messages (webhooks) whenever something happens — like someone opening an issue.

1. Building with Pulumi ⚙️ I used the Pulumi GitHub Provider and the Pulumi Automation API to write code that:

✅ Creates a new GitHub repository

✅ Adds a webhook to the repo

✅ Sends event data (like when an issue is created) to a webhook site

3.** Challenges I Faced** 🚧
Wrong Method Error: I tried using a function (getRepos) that didn’t exist in Pulumi — oops!

Webhook Confusion: At first, I didn’t know where to get a webhook URL. Later, I found Webhook.site, which made it easy.

Code Errors: I saw lots of red underlines in my code editor. I fixed them by reading Pulumi docs.

1. *How I Fixed Things *🛠 I checked the Pulumi docs to find the correct resources and methods

I asked for help and used trial-and-error to understand how webhooks work

I kept my code super simple so I could learn as I go

1. What I Learned 💡 How to use Pulumi to create GitHub repositories with code

How webhooks work and how they send data

That reading error messages and asking questions is part of coding — and that’s okay!

Using Pulumi with GitHub

🤖 How I Used Pulumi
I used Pulumi to write code that:

Creates a GitHub repository

Adds a webhook to it

Runs everything with just one command: pulumi up

🎯 Why Pulumi Was Helpful
I didn’t have to click around in GitHub — everything was automated
It saved time and helped me learn Infrastructure as Code

I didnt use pulumi ai in this project