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+# fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/pulls?q=is%3Apr+merged%3A%3E%3D2021-04-20+ | select html_url user.login title body
+# fetch https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=repo:nushell/nushell+is:pr+is:merged+merged:%3E2021-05-08 | get items | select html_url user.login title body
+# Repos to monitor
+
+def do-work [] {
+    let site_table = [
+        [site repo];
+        [Nushell nushell]
+        [Extension vscode-nushell-lang]
+        [Documentation nushell.github.io]
+        [Wasm demo]
+        [Nu_Scripts nu_scripts]
+        [RFCs rfcs]
+        [reedline reedline]
+        # ] [Jupyter jupyter]
+    ]
+
+    let query_prefix = "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=repo:nushell/"
+    let query_date = (seq date --days 21 -r | get 20)
+    let per_page = "100"
+    let page_num = "1" # need to implement iterating pages
+    let colon = "%3A"
+    let gt = "%3E"
+    let eq = "%3D"
+    let amp = "%26"
+    let query_suffix = $"+is($colon)pr+is($colon)merged+merged($colon)($gt)($eq)($query_date)&per_page=100&page=1"
+
+    let entries = ($site_table | each { |row|
+        let query_string = $"($query_prefix)($row.repo)($query_suffix)"
+        # this is for debugging the rate limit. comment it out if things are working well
+        # fetch -u $env.GITHUB_USERNAME -p $env.GITHUB_PASSWORD https://api.github.com/rate_limit | get resources | select core.limit core.remaining graphql.limit graphql.remaining integration_manifest.limit integration_manifest.remaining search.limit search.remaining
+        let site_json = (fetch -u $env.GITHUB_USERNAME -p $env.GITHUB_PASSWORD $query_string | get items | select html_url user.login title)
+
+        $"## ($row.site)(char nl)(char nl)"
+        if ($site_json | all {|it| $it | is-empty }) {
+            $"none found this week(char nl)(char nl)"
+        } else {
+            $site_json | group-by user_login | transpose user prs | each { |row|
+                let user_name = $row.user
+                let pr_count = ($row.prs | length)
+
+                # only print the comma if there's another item
+                let user_prs = ($row.prs | each -n { |pr|
+                    if $pr_count == ($pr.index + 1) {
+                        $"[($pr.item.title)](char lparen)($pr.item.html_url)(char rparen)"
+                    } else {
+                        $"[($pr.item.title)](char lparen)($pr.item.html_url)(char rparen), and "
+                    }
+                } | str collect)
+
+                $"- ($user_name) created ($user_prs) (char nl)"
+            } | str collect
+            char nl
+        }
+    })
+
+    if ($entries | all {|it| $it | is-empty}) {
+        # do nothing
+    } else {
+        $entries | str collect
+    }
+}
+
+if ($env | select GITHUB_USERNAME | is-empty) or ($env | select GITHUB_PASSWORD | is-empty) {
+    echo 'Please set GITHUB_USERNAME and GITHUB_PASSWORD in $env to use this script'
+} else {
+    do-work | str collect
+}