diff --git a/github/client.go b/github/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f5c7f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+// Package github provides a client for the GitHub API.
+// It supports pull request operations, file content retrieval, CI status checks,
+// and directory listing for both github.com and GitHub Enterprise.
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultBaseURL = "https://api.github.com"
+	userAgent      = "review-bot/1.0"
+
+	// maxResponseBytes limits successful response body reads to 10 MiB.
+	maxResponseBytes = 10 * 1024 * 1024
+)
+
+// APIError represents an HTTP error response from the GitHub API.
+// It carries the status code so callers can distinguish between
+// different failure modes (e.g. 404 vs 500).
+//
+// The Body field stores up to 4 KiB of the raw response for programmatic
+// inspection. Error() truncates to 200 bytes for safe logging, but callers
+// should avoid logging or propagating Body directly in production since it may
+// contain sensitive details from the upstream server.
+type APIError struct {
+	StatusCode int
+	Body       string
+}
+
+func (e *APIError) Error() string {
+	body := e.Body
+	if len(body) > 200 {
+		body = body[:200] + "...(truncated)"
+	}
+	// Sanitize newlines to prevent log injection from upstream response bodies.
+	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "\n", " ")
+	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "\r", " ")
+	return fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %d: %s", e.StatusCode, body)
+}
+
+// IsNotFound reports whether an error is an API 404 response.
+func IsNotFound(err error) bool {
+	if apiErr, ok := asAPIError(err); ok {
+		return apiErr.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// IsUnauthorized reports whether an error is an API 401 response.
+func IsUnauthorized(err error) bool {
+	if apiErr, ok := asAPIError(err); ok {
+		return apiErr.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func asAPIError(err error) (*APIError, bool) {
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	var target *APIError
+	if errors.As(err, &target) {
+		return target, true
+	}
+	return nil, false
+}
+
+// clientConfig holds optional configuration for NewClient.
+type clientConfig struct {
+	allowInsecureHTTP bool
+}
+
+// ClientOption configures optional behavior of NewClient.
+type ClientOption func(*clientConfig)
+
+// AllowInsecureHTTP permits the client to use HTTP (non-TLS) base URLs.
+// This should only be used for trusted internal deployments or testing.
+func AllowInsecureHTTP() ClientOption {
+	return func(c *clientConfig) {
+		c.allowInsecureHTTP = true
+	}
+}
+
+// Client interacts with the GitHub API.
+// A Client is safe for concurrent use by multiple goroutines.
+// SetHTTPClient and SetRetryBackoff are intended for test setup only and must
+// be called before any goroutines issue requests; they have no synchronization.
+type Client struct {
+	baseURL           string
+	token             string
+	allowInsecureHTTP bool
+	httpClient        *http.Client
+
+	// retryBackoff defines the delays between retry attempts for 429 responses.
+	// retryBackoff[i] is the delay before attempt i+1 (after attempt i fails).
+	// If nil, defaults to {1s, 2s}. Set to shorter durations in tests via SetRetryBackoff.
+	retryBackoff []time.Duration
+}
+
+// defaultCheckRedirect is the redirect policy used by NewClient and SetHTTPClient(nil).
+// It rejects HTTPS→HTTP protocol downgrades (to prevent plaintext leakage) and strips
+// the Authorization header on cross-host redirects to prevent credential leakage to
+// third-party hosts (e.g. CDN redirects from GitHub).
+func defaultCheckRedirect(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+	if len(via) >= 10 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("stopped after 10 redirects")
+	}
+	// Guard: net/http guarantees len(via) >= 1 but this is undocumented;
+	// defend against zero-length to avoid panic on index out of range.
+	if len(via) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	prev := via[len(via)-1]
+	// Reject protocol downgrade: HTTPS→HTTP leaks request metadata over plaintext.
+	if prev.URL.Scheme == "https" && req.URL.Scheme == "http" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("refusing redirect from HTTPS to HTTP (%s → %s)", prev.URL.Host, req.URL.Host)
+	}
+	// Strip Authorization on cross-host redirect to avoid leaking credentials
+	// to third-party hosts (GitHub legitimately redirects to CDN hosts).
+	if req.URL.Host != prev.URL.Host {
+		req.Header.Del("Authorization")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// NewClient creates a new GitHub API client.
+// If baseURL is empty, it defaults to https://api.github.com.
+// For GitHub Enterprise, pass the API base URL (e.g. https://github.concur.com/api/v3).
+// The baseURL must use HTTPS; pass AllowInsecureHTTP() as an option to permit HTTP
+// for trusted internal deployments (e.g. local testing).
+func NewClient(token, baseURL string, opts ...ClientOption) *Client {
+	if baseURL == "" {
+		baseURL = defaultBaseURL
+	}
+	cfg := clientConfig{}
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(&cfg)
+	}
+	return &Client{
+		baseURL:           strings.TrimRight(baseURL, "/"),
+		allowInsecureHTTP: cfg.allowInsecureHTTP,
+		token:             token,
+		httpClient: &http.Client{
+			Timeout:       30 * time.Second,
+			CheckRedirect: defaultCheckRedirect,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// SetHTTPClient sets the underlying HTTP client used for requests.
+// This is intended for test setup only to inject mock transports; it must be
+// called before any goroutines issue requests.
+//
+// Passing nil restores the default client (30s timeout + auth-stripping
+// CheckRedirect policy matching NewClient).
+//
+// Callers providing a non-nil client are responsible for configuring a safe
+// CheckRedirect policy. Without one, the default net/http behavior will follow
+// redirects and may forward the Authorization header to untrusted hosts.
+func (c *Client) SetHTTPClient(hc *http.Client) {
+	if hc == nil {
+		hc = &http.Client{
+			Timeout:       30 * time.Second,
+			CheckRedirect: defaultCheckRedirect,
+		}
+	}
+	c.httpClient = hc
+}
+
+// SetRetryBackoff configures the retry backoff durations for testing.
+// It must be called before any goroutines issue requests.
+// In production the default {1s, 2s} applies.
+func (c *Client) SetRetryBackoff(d []time.Duration) {
+	c.retryBackoff = d
+}
+
+// doRequest performs an HTTP request with retry on 429 rate limit responses.
+// It respects the Retry-After header when present (capped at maxRetryAfter).
+// Transport errors (network failures, context cancellation) are not retried.
+func (c *Client) doRequest(ctx context.Context, method, reqURL string, accept string) ([]byte, error) {
+	const maxAttempts = 3
+	const maxRetryAfter = 120 * time.Second
+
+	var backoff []time.Duration
+	if c.retryBackoff != nil {
+		backoff = make([]time.Duration, len(c.retryBackoff))
+		copy(backoff, c.retryBackoff)
+	} else {
+		backoff = []time.Duration{1 * time.Second, 2 * time.Second}
+	}
+
+	// maxErrorBodyBytes limits how much of an error response body is stored.
+	// Kept small (4 KiB) to reduce the risk of sensitive data leakage if callers
+	// log APIError.Body directly. Error() further truncates to 200 bytes.
+	const maxErrorBodyBytes = 4 * 1024
+
+	// Reject non-HTTPS URLs early since the URL is immutable across retries.
+	if c.token != "" && !c.allowInsecureHTTP {
+		parsed, err := url.Parse(reqURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse request URL: %w", err)
+		}
+		if !strings.EqualFold(parsed.Scheme, "https") {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("refusing to send credentials over non-HTTPS URL %q (use AllowInsecureHTTP option for trusted networks)", reqURL)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var lastErr error
+	for attempt := 0; attempt < maxAttempts; attempt++ {
+		if attempt > 0 {
+			var delay time.Duration
+			if attempt-1 < len(backoff) {
+				delay = backoff[attempt-1]
+			}
+			if delay > 0 {
+				timer := time.NewTimer(delay)
+				select {
+				case <-timer.C:
+					timer.Stop() // no-op after fire; kept for symmetry with the ctx.Done case
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					timer.Stop()
+					return nil, ctx.Err()
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, reqURL, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("create request: %w", err)
+		}
+		if c.token != "" {
+			// Bearer is the OAuth2 standard and is accepted by GitHub for both
+			// classic PATs and fine-grained tokens. The alternative "token" scheme
+			// is GitHub-specific and offers no additional compatibility.
+			req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+c.token)
+		}
+		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
+		if accept != "" {
+			req.Header.Set("Accept", accept)
+		} else {
+			req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/vnd.github+json")
+		}
+
+		resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("do request: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		body, done, err := c.handleResponse(resp, maxResponseBytes, maxErrorBodyBytes)
+		if done {
+			return body, err
+		}
+		lastErr = err
+
+		// Retry on 429 rate limit
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests && attempt < maxAttempts-1 {
+			// Check for Retry-After header and override backoff if present.
+			// Supports both integer seconds (common) and HTTP-date format (RFC 7231).
+			if ra := resp.Header.Get("Retry-After"); ra != "" {
+				if seconds, err := strconv.Atoi(ra); err == nil && seconds > 0 {
+					delay := time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second
+					if delay > maxRetryAfter {
+						delay = maxRetryAfter
+					}
+					if attempt < len(backoff) {
+						backoff[attempt] = delay
+					}
+				} else if retryAt, err := http.ParseTime(ra); err == nil {
+					delay := time.Until(retryAt)
+					if delay < 0 {
+						delay = 0
+					}
+					if delay > maxRetryAfter {
+						delay = maxRetryAfter
+					}
+					if attempt < len(backoff) {
+						backoff[attempt] = delay
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Don't retry other errors
+		return nil, lastErr
+	}
+
+	return nil, lastErr
+}
+
+// handleResponse reads and closes the response body, returning the result.
+// It uses defer to ensure the body is always closed regardless of code path.
+// Returns (body, done, err) where done=true means the caller should return immediately.
+func (c *Client) handleResponse(resp *http.Response, maxRespBytes int, maxErrBytes int) ([]byte, bool, error) {
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode < 300 {
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, int64(maxRespBytes)+1))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, true, fmt.Errorf("read response body: %w", err)
+		}
+		if len(body) > maxRespBytes {
+			return nil, true, fmt.Errorf("response body exceeded %d bytes (truncated)", maxRespBytes)
+		}
+		return body, true, nil
+	}
+
+	errBody, readErr := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, int64(maxErrBytes)))
+	if readErr != nil && len(errBody) == 0 {
+		errBody = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("[error reading response body: %v]", readErr))
+	}
+	return nil, false, &APIError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Body: string(errBody)}
+}
+
+// doGet is a convenience wrapper for GET requests with the default Accept header.
+func (c *Client) doGet(ctx context.Context, reqURL string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return c.doRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, reqURL, "")
+}
diff --git a/github/client_test.go b/github/client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8ccc06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,556 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestNewClient_DefaultBaseURL(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewClient("test-token", "")
+	if c.baseURL != "https://api.github.com" {
+		t.Errorf("expected default base URL, got %q", c.baseURL)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewClient_CustomBaseURL(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewClient("test-token", "https://github.concur.com/api/v3")
+	if c.baseURL != "https://github.concur.com/api/v3" {
+		t.Errorf("expected custom base URL, got %q", c.baseURL)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewClient_TrimsTrailingSlash(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewClient("test-token", "https://github.concur.com/api/v3/")
+	if c.baseURL != "https://github.concur.com/api/v3" {
+		t.Errorf("expected trailing slash trimmed, got %q", c.baseURL)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_SetsAuthHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotAuth string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gotAuth = r.Header.Get("Authorization")
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte("{}"))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("my-token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	_, _ = c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+
+	if gotAuth != "Bearer my-token" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Bearer auth, got %q", gotAuth)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_SetsDefaultAcceptHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotAccept string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gotAccept = r.Header.Get("Accept")
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte("{}"))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	_, _ = c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+
+	if gotAccept != "application/vnd.github+json" {
+		t.Errorf("expected default Accept header, got %q", gotAccept)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_429Retry(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{10 * time.Millisecond, 10 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	body, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(body) != `{"ok":true}` {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected body: %s", body)
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_429ExhaustsRetries(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		w.WriteHeader(429)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{1 * time.Millisecond, 1 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	_, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error after exhausting retries")
+	}
+	apiErr, ok := err.(*APIError)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected *APIError, got %T", err)
+	}
+	if apiErr.StatusCode != 429 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 429, got %d", apiErr.StatusCode)
+	}
+	if attempts != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 3 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_404NoRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		w.WriteHeader(404)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"not found"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404")
+	}
+	if attempts != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1 attempt (no retry on 404), got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_401NoRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		w.WriteHeader(401)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"bad credentials"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 401")
+	}
+	if attempts != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1 attempt (no retry on 401), got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	err := &APIError{StatusCode: 404, Body: "not found"}
+	if !IsNotFound(err) {
+		t.Error("expected IsNotFound to return true for 404")
+	}
+	err2 := &APIError{StatusCode: 500, Body: "server error"}
+	if IsNotFound(err2) {
+		t.Error("expected IsNotFound to return false for 500")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsUnauthorized(t *testing.T) {
+	err := &APIError{StatusCode: 401, Body: "bad credentials"}
+	if !IsUnauthorized(err) {
+		t.Error("expected IsUnauthorized to return true for 401")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAPIError_SanitizesNewlines(t *testing.T) {
+	err := &APIError{StatusCode: 500, Body: "line1\ninjected\rmore"}
+	msg := err.Error()
+	if strings.Contains(msg, "\n") || strings.Contains(msg, "\r") {
+		t.Errorf("expected newlines to be sanitized, got: %q", msg)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(msg, "line1 injected more") {
+		t.Errorf("expected sanitized body, got: %q", msg)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_429RetryAfterHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping slow retry test in short mode")
+	}
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "1")
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	// Use short backoff; Retry-After should override
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{1 * time.Millisecond, 1 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	body, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(body) != `{"ok":true}` {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected body: %s", body)
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+	// Retry-After: 1 means at least 1 second delay
+	if elapsed < 900*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Errorf("expected ~1s delay from Retry-After, got %v", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_RetryAfterDoesNotMutateBackoff(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping slow retry test in short mode")
+	}
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "1")
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{1 * time.Millisecond, 1 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	_, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify the original retryBackoff slice was not mutated
+	if c.retryBackoff[0] != 1*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Errorf("retryBackoff[0] was mutated: got %v, want 1ms", c.retryBackoff[0])
+	}
+	if c.retryBackoff[1] != 1*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Errorf("retryBackoff[1] was mutated: got %v, want 1ms", c.retryBackoff[1])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_429RetryAfterHTTPDate(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping slow Retry-After HTTP-date test in short mode")
+	}
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			// Use HTTP-date format (RFC 7231) — a time 2 seconds in the future.
+			future := time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second).UTC()
+			w.Header().Set("Retry-After", future.Format(http.TimeFormat))
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{1 * time.Millisecond, 1 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	body, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(body) != `{"ok":true}` {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected body: %s", body)
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+	// HTTP-date was ~2s in the future; by the time client processes it,
+	// time.Until gives ~1-2s. Verify it's meaningfully delayed (not instant).
+	if elapsed < 500*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Errorf("expected meaningful delay from HTTP-date Retry-After, got %v", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_429RetryAfterHTTPDateInPast(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			// Use a time in the past — should result in zero/immediate retry.
+			past := time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Second).UTC()
+			w.Header().Set("Retry-After", past.Format(http.TimeFormat))
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{5 * time.Second, 5 * time.Second})
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	_, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+	// Past date should override the 5s backoff to ~0
+	if elapsed > 500*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Errorf("expected near-instant retry for past HTTP-date, got %v", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_SetsUserAgentHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotUA string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gotUA = r.Header.Get("User-Agent")
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte("{}"))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	_, _ = c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+
+	if gotUA != "review-bot/1.0" {
+		t.Errorf("expected User-Agent 'review-bot/1.0', got %q", gotUA)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_LimitsResponseBody(t *testing.T) {
+	// Verify that oversized responses return an error rather than silently truncating.
+	bigBody := strings.Repeat("x", maxResponseBytes+1024)
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(bigBody))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	_, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for oversized response body")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "exceeded") {
+		t.Errorf("expected truncation error, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_AcceptsExactlyAtLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	// A response body exactly equal to maxResponseBytes should succeed (not error).
+	exactBody := strings.Repeat("x", maxResponseBytes)
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(exactBody))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	body, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error for exactly-at-limit body: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(body) != maxResponseBytes {
+		t.Errorf("expected body length %d, got %d", maxResponseBytes, len(body))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_SkipsAuthWhenTokenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotAuth string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gotAuth = r.Header.Get("Authorization")
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte("{}"))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP()) // empty token
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	_, _ = c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+
+	if gotAuth != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected no Authorization header with empty token, got %q", gotAuth)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewClient_CheckRedirectStripsAuthOnCrossHost(t *testing.T) {
+	// Verify the CheckRedirect function is configured
+	c := NewClient("secret-token", "https://api.github.com")
+	if c.httpClient.CheckRedirect == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected CheckRedirect to be set")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultCheckRedirect_RejectsHTTPSToHTTP(t *testing.T) {
+	prev := &http.Request{URL: &url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "api.github.com", Path: "/foo"}}
+	req := &http.Request{
+		URL:    &url.URL{Scheme: "http", Host: "api.github.com", Path: "/foo"},
+		Header: http.Header{"Authorization": []string{"Bearer token"}},
+	}
+	err := defaultCheckRedirect(req, []*http.Request{prev})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error on HTTPS→HTTP redirect")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "refusing redirect from HTTPS to HTTP") {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error message: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultCheckRedirect_StripsAuthOnCrossHost(t *testing.T) {
+	prev := &http.Request{URL: &url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "api.github.com", Path: "/foo"}}
+	req := &http.Request{
+		URL:    &url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "objects.githubusercontent.com", Path: "/bar"},
+		Header: http.Header{"Authorization": []string{"Bearer token"}},
+	}
+	err := defaultCheckRedirect(req, []*http.Request{prev})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if auth := req.Header.Get("Authorization"); auth != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Authorization header to be stripped, got %q", auth)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultCheckRedirect_PreservesAuthOnSameHost(t *testing.T) {
+	prev := &http.Request{URL: &url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "api.github.com", Path: "/foo"}}
+	req := &http.Request{
+		URL:    &url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "api.github.com", Path: "/bar"},
+		Header: http.Header{"Authorization": []string{"Bearer token"}},
+	}
+	err := defaultCheckRedirect(req, []*http.Request{prev})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if auth := req.Header.Get("Authorization"); auth != "Bearer token" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Authorization to be preserved, got %q", auth)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_RejectsHTTPWithToken(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte("{}"))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	// Without AllowInsecureHTTP, should refuse to send token over HTTP
+	c := NewClient("secret-token", srv.URL)
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	_, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error when sending token over HTTP")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "refusing to send credentials") {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error message: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_AllowsHTTPWithoutToken(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	// Without token, HTTP should be fine (no credentials to leak)
+	c := NewClient("", srv.URL)
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	body, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(body) != `{"ok":true}` {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected body: %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoRequest_AllowsHTTPWithInsecureOption(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("secret-token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	body, err := c.doGet(context.Background(), srv.URL+"/test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(body) != `{"ok":true}` {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected body: %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetHTTPClient_NilRestoresDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewClient("token", "https://api.github.com")
+	c.SetHTTPClient(nil)
+	if c.httpClient == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected non-nil httpClient after SetHTTPClient(nil)")
+	}
+	if c.httpClient.Timeout != 30*time.Second {
+		t.Errorf("expected 30s timeout, got %v", c.httpClient.Timeout)
+	}
+	if c.httpClient.CheckRedirect == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected CheckRedirect policy after SetHTTPClient(nil)")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/github/conformance_test.go b/github/conformance_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca13188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/conformance_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package github_test
+
+import (
+	"gitea.weiker.me/rodin/review-bot/github"
+	"gitea.weiker.me/rodin/review-bot/vcs"
+)
+
+// Compile-time interface conformance assertions.
+// These verify github.Client satisfies vcs.PRReader and vcs.FileReader.
+var (
+	_ vcs.PRReader   = (*github.Client)(nil)
+	_ vcs.FileReader = (*github.Client)(nil)
+)
diff --git a/github/files.go b/github/files.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f04941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/files.go
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+
+	"gitea.weiker.me/rodin/review-bot/vcs"
+)
+
+// GetFileContent fetches a file from a repo at the given ref.
+// Delegates to GetFileContentAtRef with the provided ref.
+func (c *Client) GetFileContent(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, path, ref string) (string, error) {
+	return c.GetFileContentAtRef(ctx, owner, repo, path, ref)
+}
+
+// GetFileContentAtRef fetches a file at a specific ref from a repo.
+// If ref is empty, the query parameter is omitted (uses default branch).
+//
+// Note: dot-segments ("." and "..") in the path are silently removed to
+// prevent path traversal. This means a path like "foo/../bar" resolves
+// to "foo/bar" rather than "bar".
+func (c *Client) GetFileContentAtRef(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, path, ref string) (string, error) {
+	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/repos/%s/%s/contents/%s",
+		c.baseURL, url.PathEscape(owner), url.PathEscape(repo), escapePath(path))
+	if ref != "" {
+		reqURL += "?ref=" + url.QueryEscape(ref)
+	}
+	body, err := c.doGet(ctx, reqURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("fetch file %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	var resp struct {
+		Content  string `json:"content"`
+		Encoding string `json:"encoding"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &resp); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("parse file content JSON: %w", err)
+	}
+	if resp.Encoding != "base64" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected encoding %q for file %s", resp.Encoding, path)
+	}
+	decoded, err := decodeBase64Content(resp.Content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("decode base64 content for %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	return decoded, nil
+}
+
+// ListContents lists files and directories at a given path in a repo.
+// Returns the directory listing from the GitHub contents API.
+// If the path points to a single file (not a directory), the API returns
+// a JSON object instead of an array; this is handled by returning a
+// single-element slice.
+//
+// Note: dot-segments ("." and "..") in the path are silently removed to
+// prevent path traversal. This means a path like "foo/../bar" resolves
+// to "foo/bar" rather than "bar".
+func (c *Client) ListContents(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, path string) ([]vcs.ContentEntry, error) {
+	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/repos/%s/%s/contents/%s",
+		c.baseURL, url.PathEscape(owner), url.PathEscape(repo), escapePath(path))
+	body, err := c.doGet(ctx, reqURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list contents %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	type entry struct {
+		Name string `json:"name"`
+		Path string `json:"path"`
+		Type string `json:"type"`
+	}
+
+	// The GitHub contents API returns an array for directories and an object
+	// for single files. Try array first (common case), then fall back to object.
+	// An empty array ([]) is valid — it represents an empty directory — and
+	// results in a zero-length slice returned without error.
+	var entries []entry
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &entries); err != nil {
+		var single entry
+		if err2 := json.Unmarshal(body, &single); err2 != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse contents JSON: as array: %v; as object: %w", err, err2)
+		}
+		// Guard against empty objects ({}) or unexpected shapes that
+		// unmarshal successfully but carry no useful data.
+		if single.Name == "" && single.Path == "" && single.Type == "" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse contents JSON: unexpected response format")
+		}
+		entries = []entry{single}
+	}
+
+	result := make([]vcs.ContentEntry, len(entries))
+	for i, e := range entries {
+		result[i] = vcs.ContentEntry{
+			Name: e.Name,
+			Path: e.Path,
+			Type: e.Type,
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// escapePath escapes each segment of a relative file path for use in URLs.
+// Slashes are preserved as path separators; other special characters are escaped.
+// Dot-segments ("." and "..") and empty segments (from consecutive slashes like
+// "a//b") are silently removed to prevent path traversal and produce canonical
+// paths. This is intentional: callers may receive a different path than requested
+// without error. The function is package-private, and all callers
+// (GetFileContentAtRef, ListContents) already handle missing-file errors from the
+// API if the cleaned path doesn't match what the caller intended.
+func escapePath(p string) string {
+	parts := strings.Split(p, "/")
+	var clean []string
+	for _, part := range parts {
+		if part == "." || part == ".." || part == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		clean = append(clean, url.PathEscape(part))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(clean, "/")
+}
+
+// decodeBase64Content decodes base64-encoded content from the GitHub contents API.
+// GitHub returns base64 content with line breaks for formatting; we strip \r and \n before decoding.
+func decodeBase64Content(encoded string) (string, error) {
+	// GitHub inserts newlines in base64 content
+	cleaned := strings.NewReplacer("\n", "", "\r", "").Replace(encoded)
+	decoded, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(cleaned)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(decoded), nil
+}
diff --git a/github/files_test.go b/github/files_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eda64a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/files_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestGetFileContent_DelegatesToGetFileContentAtRef(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotRef string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gotRef = r.URL.Query().Get("ref")
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
+			"content":  "dGVzdA==", // "test" in base64
+			"encoding": "base64",
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	// Call with empty ref — should not include ref param
+	content, err := c.GetFileContent(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.go", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if content != "test" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'test', got %q", content)
+	}
+	if gotRef != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty ref, got %q", gotRef)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContent_WithRef(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotRef string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gotRef = r.URL.Query().Get("ref")
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
+			"content":  "dGVzdA==",
+			"encoding": "base64",
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetFileContent(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.go", "abc123")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if gotRef != "abc123" {
+		t.Errorf("expected ref 'abc123', got %q", gotRef)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContent_404(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(404)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Not Found"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetFileContent(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "missing.go", "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContent_401(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(401)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Bad credentials"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetFileContent(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.go", "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 401")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContent_429Retry(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
+			"content":  "b2s=",
+			"encoding": "base64",
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{1 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	content, err := c.GetFileContent(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.go", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if content != "ok" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'ok', got %q", content)
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContent_MalformedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`not json`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetFileContent(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.go", "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for malformed JSON")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListContents_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/repos/owner/repo/contents/src" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode([]map[string]string{
+			{"name": "main.go", "path": "src/main.go", "type": "file"},
+			{"name": "lib", "path": "src/lib", "type": "dir"},
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	entries, err := c.ListContents(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "src")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 entries, got %d", len(entries))
+	}
+	if entries[0].Name != "main.go" {
+		t.Errorf("expected name 'main.go', got %q", entries[0].Name)
+	}
+	if entries[0].Path != "src/main.go" {
+		t.Errorf("expected path 'src/main.go', got %q", entries[0].Path)
+	}
+	if entries[0].Type != "file" {
+		t.Errorf("expected type 'file', got %q", entries[0].Type)
+	}
+	if entries[1].Name != "lib" {
+		t.Errorf("expected name 'lib', got %q", entries[1].Name)
+	}
+	if entries[1].Type != "dir" {
+		t.Errorf("expected type 'dir', got %q", entries[1].Type)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListContents_404(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(404)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Not Found"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.ListContents(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "missing")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListContents_401(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(401)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Bad credentials"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.ListContents(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "src")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 401")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListContents_429Retry(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode([]map[string]string{
+			{"name": "file.go", "path": "file.go", "type": "file"},
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{1 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	entries, err := c.ListContents(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", ".")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 entry, got %d", len(entries))
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListContents_MalformedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`not json`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.ListContents(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "src")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for malformed JSON")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeBase64Content(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test with newlines (GitHub's format)
+	encoded := "cGFja2FnZSBt\nYWlu"
+	decoded, err := decodeBase64Content(encoded)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if decoded != "package main" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'package main', got %q", decoded)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeBase64Content_Invalid(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := decodeBase64Content("not!!!valid!!!base64")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for invalid base64")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEscapePath_RejectsDotSegments(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{"src/main.go", "src/main.go"},
+		{"../etc/passwd", "etc/passwd"},
+		{"./src/../main.go", "src/main.go"},
+		{"a/b/c", "a/b/c"},
+		{"file with spaces.go", "file%20with%20spaces.go"},
+		{"a/./b/../c", "a/b/c"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := escapePath(tt.input)
+		if got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("escapePath(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.input, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeBase64Content_CRLF(t *testing.T) {
+	// Base64 of "hello world" with CRLF line breaks inserted
+	encoded := "aGVs\r\nbG8g\r\nd29y\r\nbGQ="
+	decoded, err := decodeBase64Content(encoded)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if decoded != "hello world" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'hello world', got %q", decoded)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListContents_SingleFile(t *testing.T) {
+	// GitHub Contents API returns a JSON object (not array) for single-file paths
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"name":"README.md","path":"README.md","type":"file"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	entries, err := c.ListContents(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "README.md")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 entry, got %d", len(entries))
+	}
+	if entries[0].Name != "README.md" {
+		t.Errorf("expected name 'README.md', got %q", entries[0].Name)
+	}
+	if entries[0].Type != "file" {
+		t.Errorf("expected type 'file', got %q", entries[0].Type)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/github/pr.go b/github/pr.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9bea5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/pr.go
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+
+	"gitea.weiker.me/rodin/review-bot/vcs"
+)
+
+// pullRequestResponse is the GitHub API response for a pull request.
+type pullRequestResponse struct {
+	Number int    `json:"number"`
+	Title  string `json:"title"`
+	Body   string `json:"body"`
+	Head   struct {
+		SHA string `json:"sha"`
+		Ref string `json:"ref"`
+	} `json:"head"`
+	Base struct {
+		Ref string `json:"ref"`
+	} `json:"base"`
+}
+
+// changedFileResponse is the GitHub API response for a changed file in a PR.
+type changedFileResponse struct {
+	Filename string `json:"filename"`
+	Status   string `json:"status"`
+	Patch    string `json:"patch"`
+}
+
+// commitStatusResponse is the GitHub combined status API response.
+type commitStatusResponse struct {
+	Statuses []struct {
+		Context     string `json:"context"`
+		State       string `json:"state"`
+		Description string `json:"description"`
+		TargetURL   string `json:"target_url"`
+	} `json:"statuses"`
+}
+
+// checkRunsResponse is the GitHub check runs API response.
+type checkRunsResponse struct {
+	CheckRuns []struct {
+		Name       string  `json:"name"`
+		Conclusion *string `json:"conclusion"`
+		Status     string  `json:"status"`
+		HTMLURL    string  `json:"html_url"`
+	} `json:"check_runs"`
+}
+
+// GetPullRequest fetches PR metadata.
+func (c *Client) GetPullRequest(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, number int) (*vcs.PullRequest, error) {
+	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/repos/%s/%s/pulls/%d", c.baseURL, url.PathEscape(owner), url.PathEscape(repo), number)
+	body, err := c.doGet(ctx, reqURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fetch PR: %w", err)
+	}
+	var resp pullRequestResponse
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &resp); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse PR JSON: %w", err)
+	}
+	return &vcs.PullRequest{
+		Number: resp.Number,
+		Title:  resp.Title,
+		Body:   resp.Body,
+		Head:   vcs.HeadRef{SHA: resp.Head.SHA, Ref: resp.Head.Ref},
+		Base:   vcs.BaseRef{Ref: resp.Base.Ref},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// GetPullRequestDiff fetches the unified diff for a PR.
+// Uses Accept: application/vnd.github.diff to get raw diff text.
+func (c *Client) GetPullRequestDiff(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, number int) (string, error) {
+	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/repos/%s/%s/pulls/%d", c.baseURL, url.PathEscape(owner), url.PathEscape(repo), number)
+	body, err := c.doRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, reqURL, "application/vnd.github.diff")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("fetch diff: %w", err)
+	}
+	return string(body), nil
+}
+
+// maxPages is the upper bound on pagination loops to prevent unbounded iteration
+// in case the server returns a full page indefinitely.
+const maxPages = 100
+
+// GetPullRequestFiles fetches the list of files changed in a PR.
+// Paginates through all pages (100 per page) to collect all files.
+// Returns nil (not an empty slice) when the PR has no changed files.
+// Callers can safely range over or check len() on a nil slice.
+func (c *Client) GetPullRequestFiles(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, number int) ([]vcs.ChangedFile, error) {
+	var allFiles []vcs.ChangedFile
+
+	for page := 1; page <= maxPages; page++ {
+		reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/repos/%s/%s/pulls/%d/files?per_page=100&page=%d",
+			c.baseURL, url.PathEscape(owner), url.PathEscape(repo), number, page)
+		body, err := c.doGet(ctx, reqURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("fetch PR files page %d: %w", page, err)
+		}
+		var files []changedFileResponse
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &files); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse PR files JSON: %w", err)
+		}
+		if len(files) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		for _, f := range files {
+			allFiles = append(allFiles, vcs.ChangedFile{
+				Filename: f.Filename,
+				Status:   f.Status,
+				Patch:    f.Patch,
+			})
+		}
+		if len(files) < 100 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return allFiles, nil
+}
+
+// GetCommitStatuses fetches both commit statuses and check runs for a SHA,
+// merging them into a unified []vcs.CommitStatus slice.
+// Returns nil (not an empty slice) when there are no statuses or check runs.
+// If the commit statuses endpoint fails (e.g. 404 for an unknown SHA), the
+// function returns immediately without attempting the check-runs endpoint.
+// If the check-runs endpoint fails after statuses were fetched successfully,
+// the function returns an error (not a partial result) so callers always get
+// either a complete view or a clear error signal.
+func (c *Client) GetCommitStatuses(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, sha string) ([]vcs.CommitStatus, error) {
+	var result []vcs.CommitStatus
+
+	// Fetch commit statuses
+	statusURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s/status",
+		c.baseURL, url.PathEscape(owner), url.PathEscape(repo), url.PathEscape(sha))
+	statusBody, err := c.doGet(ctx, statusURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fetch commit statuses: %w", err)
+	}
+	var statusResp commitStatusResponse
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(statusBody, &statusResp); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse commit statuses JSON: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, s := range statusResp.Statuses {
+		result = append(result, vcs.CommitStatus{
+			Context:     s.Context,
+			Status:      s.State,
+			Description: s.Description,
+			TargetURL:   s.TargetURL,
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Fetch check runs (paginated)
+	for checkPage := 1; checkPage <= maxPages; checkPage++ {
+		checkURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s/check-runs?per_page=100&page=%d",
+			c.baseURL, url.PathEscape(owner), url.PathEscape(repo), url.PathEscape(sha), checkPage)
+		checkBody, err := c.doGet(ctx, checkURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("fetch check runs page %d: %w", checkPage, err)
+		}
+		var checkResp checkRunsResponse
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(checkBody, &checkResp); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse check runs JSON: %w", err)
+		}
+		for _, cr := range checkResp.CheckRuns {
+			result = append(result, vcs.CommitStatus{
+				Context:     cr.Name,
+				Status:      mapCheckRunStatus(cr.Conclusion),
+				Description: derefString(cr.Conclusion),
+				TargetURL:   cr.HTMLURL,
+			})
+		}
+		if len(checkResp.CheckRuns) < 100 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// mapCheckRunStatus maps a check run conclusion to a vcs.CommitStatus status string.
+// Conclusion alone determines the mapped state: nil conclusion means the run is
+// still in progress (pending), regardless of the status field value.
+func mapCheckRunStatus(conclusion *string) string {
+	if conclusion == nil {
+		// Still running or queued
+		return "pending"
+	}
+	switch *conclusion {
+	case "success":
+		return "success"
+	case "failure", "action_required", "timed_out":
+		return "failure"
+	case "cancelled", "skipped", "neutral":
+		return "success" // non-blocking: these do not indicate a blocking failure per GitHub check suite semantics
+	case "stale", "waiting":
+		return "pending"
+	default:
+		return "pending"
+	}
+}
+
+// derefString safely dereferences a string pointer, returning empty string if nil.
+func derefString(s *string) string {
+	if s == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return *s
+}
diff --git a/github/pr_test.go b/github/pr_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e05a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/pr_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,637 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestGetPullRequest_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/repos/owner/repo/pulls/42" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{
+			"number": 42,
+			"title":  "Test PR",
+			"body":   "Description",
+			"head":   map[string]string{"sha": "abc123", "ref": "feature-branch"},
+			"base":   map[string]string{"ref": "main"},
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	pr, err := c.GetPullRequest(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 42)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pr.Number != 42 {
+		t.Errorf("expected number 42, got %d", pr.Number)
+	}
+	if pr.Title != "Test PR" {
+		t.Errorf("expected title 'Test PR', got %q", pr.Title)
+	}
+	if pr.Body != "Description" {
+		t.Errorf("expected body 'Description', got %q", pr.Body)
+	}
+	if pr.Head.SHA != "abc123" {
+		t.Errorf("expected head SHA 'abc123', got %q", pr.Head.SHA)
+	}
+	if pr.Head.Ref != "feature-branch" {
+		t.Errorf("expected head ref 'feature-branch', got %q", pr.Head.Ref)
+	}
+	if pr.Base.Ref != "main" {
+		t.Errorf("expected base ref 'main', got %q", pr.Base.Ref)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequest_404(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(404)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Not Found"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetPullRequest(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 999)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404")
+	}
+	if !IsNotFound(err) {
+		t.Errorf("expected IsNotFound=true, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequest_401(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(401)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Bad credentials"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetPullRequest(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 401")
+	}
+	if !IsUnauthorized(err) {
+		t.Errorf("expected IsUnauthorized=true, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequest_429Retry(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{
+			"number": 1,
+			"title":  "PR",
+			"body":   "",
+			"head":   map[string]string{"sha": "abc", "ref": "br"},
+			"base":   map[string]string{"ref": "main"},
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{1 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	pr, err := c.GetPullRequest(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if pr.Number != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected number 1, got %d", pr.Number)
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequest_MalformedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{invalid json`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetPullRequest(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for malformed JSON")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "parse PR JSON") {
+		t.Errorf("expected parse error, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequestDiff_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedDiff := "diff --git a/file.go b/file.go\n--- a/file.go\n+++ b/file.go\n@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@\n+// new line\n"
+	var gotAccept string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gotAccept = r.Header.Get("Accept")
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(expectedDiff))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	diff, err := c.GetPullRequestDiff(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 42)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if diff != expectedDiff {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected diff: %q", diff)
+	}
+	if gotAccept != "application/vnd.github.diff" {
+		t.Errorf("expected diff Accept header, got %q", gotAccept)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequestDiff_404(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(404)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Not Found"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetPullRequestDiff(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 999)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequestDiff_401(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(401)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Bad credentials"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetPullRequestDiff(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 401")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequestFiles_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode([]map[string]interface{}{
+			{"filename": "main.go", "status": "modified", "patch": "@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@\n+line"},
+			{"filename": "test.go", "status": "added", "patch": "@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@\n+new file"},
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	files, err := c.GetPullRequestFiles(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(files) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 files, got %d", len(files))
+	}
+	if files[0].Filename != "main.go" {
+		t.Errorf("expected filename 'main.go', got %q", files[0].Filename)
+	}
+	if files[0].Status != "modified" {
+		t.Errorf("expected status 'modified', got %q", files[0].Status)
+	}
+	if files[0].Patch != "@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@\n+line" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected patch: %q", files[0].Patch)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequestFiles_Pagination(t *testing.T) {
+	// Simulate > 100 files requiring pagination
+	page1Files := make([]map[string]string, 100)
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		page1Files[i] = map[string]string{
+			"filename": fmt.Sprintf("file%d.go", i),
+			"status":   "modified",
+			"patch":    fmt.Sprintf("patch%d", i),
+		}
+	}
+	page2Files := []map[string]string{
+		{"filename": "file100.go", "status": "added", "patch": "patch100"},
+	}
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		page := r.URL.Query().Get("page")
+		if page == "" || page == "1" {
+			json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(page1Files)
+		} else {
+			json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(page2Files)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	files, err := c.GetPullRequestFiles(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(files) != 101 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 101 files (paginated), got %d", len(files))
+	}
+	if files[100].Filename != "file100.go" {
+		t.Errorf("expected last file 'file100.go', got %q", files[100].Filename)
+	}
+	if files[100].Patch != "patch100" {
+		t.Errorf("expected last patch 'patch100', got %q", files[100].Patch)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequestFiles_BinaryFile_NoPatch(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// Binary files have no patch field in GitHub response
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode([]map[string]interface{}{
+			{"filename": "image.png", "status": "added"},
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	files, err := c.GetPullRequestFiles(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(files) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 file, got %d", len(files))
+	}
+	if files[0].Patch != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty patch for binary file, got %q", files[0].Patch)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequestFiles_404(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(404)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Not Found"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetPullRequestFiles(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 999)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPullRequestFiles_MalformedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`not json`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetPullRequestFiles(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for malformed JSON")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContentAtRef_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/repos/owner/repo/contents/path/to/file.go" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		if r.URL.Query().Get("ref") != "abc123" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected ref: %s", r.URL.Query().Get("ref"))
+		}
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
+			"content":  "cGFja2FnZSBtYWlu", // "package main" in base64
+			"encoding": "base64",
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	content, err := c.GetFileContentAtRef(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "path/to/file.go", "abc123")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if content != "package main" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'package main', got %q", content)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContentAtRef_EmptyRef(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Query().Get("ref") != "" {
+			t.Errorf("expected no ref param, got %q", r.URL.Query().Get("ref"))
+		}
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
+			"content":  "aGVsbG8=", // "hello" in base64
+			"encoding": "base64",
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	content, err := c.GetFileContentAtRef(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.txt", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if content != "hello" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'hello', got %q", content)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContentAtRef_404(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(404)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Not Found"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetFileContentAtRef(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "missing.go", "main")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContentAtRef_401(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(401)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Bad credentials"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetFileContentAtRef(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.go", "main")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 401")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContentAtRef_MalformedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`not valid json`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetFileContentAtRef(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.go", "main")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for malformed JSON")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFileContentAtRef_429Retry(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			w.WriteHeader(429)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"rate limit"}`))
+			return
+		}
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
+			"content":  "b2s=", // "ok" in base64
+			"encoding": "base64",
+		})
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+	c.SetRetryBackoff([]time.Duration{1 * time.Millisecond})
+
+	content, err := c.GetFileContentAtRef(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "file.go", "main")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if content != "ok" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'ok', got %q", content)
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetCommitStatuses_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch {
+		case strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "/status"):
+			json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{
+				"state": "success",
+				"statuses": []map[string]string{
+					{
+						"context":     "ci/build",
+						"state":       "success",
+						"description": "Build passed",
+						"target_url":  "https://ci.example.com/1",
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		case strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "/check-runs"):
+			conclusion := "success"
+			json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{
+				"total_count": 1,
+				"check_runs": []map[string]interface{}{
+					{
+						"name":       "lint",
+						"conclusion": &conclusion,
+						"status":     "completed",
+						"html_url":   "https://github.com/check/1",
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.Path)
+			w.WriteHeader(404)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	statuses, err := c.GetCommitStatuses(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "abc123")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(statuses) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 statuses, got %d", len(statuses))
+	}
+	// First should be from commit statuses
+	if statuses[0].Context != "ci/build" {
+		t.Errorf("expected context 'ci/build', got %q", statuses[0].Context)
+	}
+	if statuses[0].Status != "success" {
+		t.Errorf("expected status 'success', got %q", statuses[0].Status)
+	}
+	// Second should be from check runs
+	if statuses[1].Context != "lint" {
+		t.Errorf("expected context 'lint', got %q", statuses[1].Context)
+	}
+	if statuses[1].Status != "success" {
+		t.Errorf("expected status 'success', got %q", statuses[1].Status)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetCommitStatuses_CheckRunConclusions(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		conclusion *string
+		status     string
+		want       string
+	}{
+		{stringPtr("success"), "completed", "success"},
+		{stringPtr("failure"), "completed", "failure"},
+		{stringPtr("action_required"), "completed", "failure"},
+		{stringPtr("timed_out"), "completed", "failure"},
+		{stringPtr("cancelled"), "completed", "success"},
+		{stringPtr("skipped"), "completed", "success"},
+		{stringPtr("neutral"), "completed", "success"},
+		{nil, "in_progress", "pending"},
+		{nil, "queued", "pending"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		name := "nil"
+		if tt.conclusion != nil {
+			name = *tt.conclusion
+		}
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				if strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "/status") {
+					json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{
+						"state":    "success",
+						"statuses": []interface{}{},
+					})
+					return
+				}
+				json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{
+					"total_count": 1,
+					"check_runs": []map[string]interface{}{
+						{
+							"name":       "check",
+							"conclusion": tt.conclusion,
+							"status":     tt.status,
+							"html_url":   "https://github.com/check/1",
+						},
+					},
+				})
+			}))
+			defer srv.Close()
+
+			c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+			c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+			statuses, err := c.GetCommitStatuses(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "sha1")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if len(statuses) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("expected 1 status, got %d", len(statuses))
+			}
+			if statuses[0].Status != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("expected status %q, got %q", tt.want, statuses[0].Status)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetCommitStatuses_404(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(404)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Not Found"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetCommitStatuses(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "badsha")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetCommitStatuses_401(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(401)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"Bad credentials"}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetCommitStatuses(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "sha")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 401")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetCommitStatuses_MalformedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Write([]byte(`not json`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := NewClient("token", srv.URL, AllowInsecureHTTP())
+	c.SetHTTPClient(srv.Client())
+
+	_, err := c.GetCommitStatuses(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "sha")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for malformed JSON")
+	}
+}
+
+func stringPtr(s string) *string {
+	return &s
+}
diff --git a/vcs/types.go b/vcs/types.go
index de904f3..608ad27 100644
--- a/vcs/types.go
+++ b/vcs/types.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type PullRequest struct {
 type ChangedFile struct {
 	Filename string `json:"filename"`
 	Status   string `json:"status"`
+	Patch    string `json:"patch"`
 }
 
 // ContentEntry represents a file or directory entry from the contents API.