diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 352fd9c7..6d393e67 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ IMAGE_PROVIDER=dalle
 # HUGGINGFACE_API_TOKEN - HuggingFace API token (Example: my-huggingface-api-token)
 HUGGINGFACE_API_TOKEN=your-huggingface-api-token
 
+################################################################################
+### GIT Provider for repository actions
+################################################################################
+
+### GITHUB
+# GITHUB_API_KEY - Github API key / PAT (Example: github_pat_123)
+# GITHUB_USERNAME - Github username
+GITHUB_API_KEY=github_pat_123
+GITHUB_USERNAME=your-github-username
+
 ################################################################################
 ### SEARCH PROVIDER
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d62751fa..309b857c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Use an official Python base image from the Docker Hub
 FROM python:3.11-slim
 
+# Install git
+RUN apt-get -y update
+RUN apt-get -y install git
+
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=yes \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
diff --git a/autogpt/app.py b/autogpt/app.py
index 8d9cc9ee..66986786 100644
--- a/autogpt/app.py
+++ b/autogpt/app.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from autogpt.memory import get_memory
 from autogpt.processing.text import summarize_text
 from autogpt.speech import say_text
 from autogpt.commands.web_selenium import browse_website
+from autogpt.commands.git_operations import clone_repository
 
 
 CFG = Config()
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ def execute_command(command_name: str, arguments):
             return get_text_summary(arguments["url"], arguments["question"])
         elif command_name == "get_hyperlinks":
             return get_hyperlinks(arguments["url"])
+        elif command_name == "clone_repository":
+            return clone_repository(arguments["repository_url"], arguments["clone_path"])
         elif command_name == "read_file":
             return read_file(arguments["file"])
         elif command_name == "write_to_file":
diff --git a/autogpt/commands/git_operations.py b/autogpt/commands/git_operations.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87232589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autogpt/commands/git_operations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import git
+from config import Config
+
+cfg = Config()
+
+
+def clone_repository(repo_url, clone_path):
+    """Clone a github repository locally"""
+    split_url = repo_url.split("//")
+    auth_repo_url = f"//{cfg.github_username}:{cfg.github_api_key}@".join(split_url)
+    git.Repo.clone_from(auth_repo_url, clone_path)
+    result = f"""Cloned {repo_url} to {clone_path}"""
+
+    return result
diff --git a/autogpt/config/config.py b/autogpt/config/config.py
index e3800b29..ed36be69 100644
--- a/autogpt/config/config.py
+++ b/autogpt/config/config.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
         self.use_brian_tts = False
         self.use_brian_tts = os.getenv("USE_BRIAN_TTS")
 
+        self.github_api_key = os.getenv("GITHUB_API_KEY")
+        self.github_username = os.getenv("GITHUB_USERNAME")
+
         self.google_api_key = os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
         self.custom_search_engine_id = os.getenv("CUSTOM_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID")
 
diff --git a/autogpt/prompt.py b/autogpt/prompt.py
index 050c2560..20492978 100644
--- a/autogpt/prompt.py
+++ b/autogpt/prompt.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def get_prompt() -> str:
         ),
         ("List GPT Agents", "list_agents", {}),
         ("Delete GPT Agent", "delete_agent", {"key": "<key>"}),
+        ("Clone Repository", "clone_repository", {"repository_url": "<url>", "clone_path": "<directory>"}),
         ("Write to file", "write_to_file", {"file": "<file>", "text": "<text>"}),
         ("Read file", "read_file", {"file": "<file>"}),
         ("Append to file", "append_to_file", {"file": "<file>", "text": "<text>"}),
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5b862bd5..5ea6dcf8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ pre-commit
 black
 sourcery
 isort
+gitpython==3.1.31