diff --git a/services/actions.go b/services/actions.go
index 85c8252..de73044 100644
--- a/services/actions.go
+++ b/services/actions.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 	ActionGithubRepositoryCreateOrUpdate = "github-repository-create-or-update-content"
 	ActionGithubIssueReader              = "github-issue-reader"
 	ActionGithubIssueCommenter           = "github-issue-commenter"
+	ActionGithubREADME                   = "github-readme"
 	ActionScraper                        = "scraper"
 	ActionWikipedia                      = "wikipedia"
 	ActionBrowse                         = "browse"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ var AvailableActions = []string{
 	ActionGithubRepositoryCreateOrUpdate,
 	ActionGithubIssueReader,
 	ActionGithubIssueCommenter,
+	ActionGithubREADME,
 	ActionScraper,
 	ActionBrowse,
 	ActionWikipedia,
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ func Actions(a *state.AgentConfig) func(ctx context.Context, pool *state.AgentPo
 				allActions = append(allActions, actions.NewGithubRepositoryGetContent(ctx, config))
 			case ActionGithubRepositoryCreateOrUpdate:
 				allActions = append(allActions, actions.NewGithubRepositoryCreateOrUpdateContent(ctx, config))
+			case ActionGithubREADME:
+				allActions = append(allActions, actions.NewGithubRepositoryREADME(ctx, config))
 			case ActionScraper:
 				allActions = append(allActions, actions.NewScraper(config))
 			case ActionWikipedia:
diff --git a/services/actions/githubrepositoryreadme.go b/services/actions/githubrepositoryreadme.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ce745c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/actions/githubrepositoryreadme.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package actions
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v69/github"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAgent/core/action"
+	"github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai/jsonschema"
+)
+
+type GithubRepositoryREADME struct {
+	token, customActionName string
+	context                 context.Context
+	client                  *github.Client
+}
+
+func NewGithubRepositoryREADME(ctx context.Context, config map[string]string) *GithubRepositoryREADME {
+	client := github.NewClient(nil).WithAuthToken(config["token"])
+
+	return &GithubRepositoryREADME{
+		client:           client,
+		token:            config["token"],
+		customActionName: config["customActionName"],
+		context:          ctx,
+	}
+}
+
+func (g *GithubRepositoryREADME) Run(ctx context.Context, params action.ActionParams) (action.ActionResult, error) {
+	result := struct {
+		Repository string `json:"repository"`
+		Owner      string `json:"owner"`
+	}{}
+	err := params.Unmarshal(&result)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("error: %v", err)
+
+		return action.ActionResult{}, err
+	}
+	fileContent, _, err := g.client.Repositories.GetReadme(g.context, result.Owner, result.Repository, &github.RepositoryContentGetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		resultString := fmt.Sprintf("Error getting content : %v", err)
+		return action.ActionResult{Result: resultString}, err
+	}
+
+	var content string
+	if fileContent.Content != nil {
+		content = *fileContent.Content
+	}
+
+	return action.ActionResult{Result: content}, err
+}
+
+func (g *GithubRepositoryREADME) Definition() action.ActionDefinition {
+	actionName := "github_readme"
+	actionDescription := "Get the README file of a GitHub repository to have a basic understanding of the project."
+	if g.customActionName != "" {
+		actionName = g.customActionName
+	}
+	return action.ActionDefinition{
+		Name:        action.ActionDefinitionName(actionName),
+		Description: actionDescription,
+		Properties: map[string]jsonschema.Definition{
+			"repository": {
+				Type:        jsonschema.String,
+				Description: "The repository to search in",
+			},
+			"owner": {
+				Type:        jsonschema.String,
+				Description: "The owner of the repository",
+			},
+		},
+		Required: []string{"repository", "owner"},
+	}
+}