diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 74b74d39..12736003 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls", "postgres
 chrono = "0.4"
 
 itertools = "0.13.0"
+derive_builder = "0.20.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = "1.26"
-derive_builder = "0.20.0"
 wiremock = "0.6.0"
 base64 = "0.22.1"
 tracing-test = "0.2.4"
diff --git a/src/bin/bors.rs b/src/bin/bors.rs
index 28637670..5531aaa4 100644
--- a/src/bin/bors.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bors.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::Context;
 use bors::{
-    create_app, create_bors_process, create_github_client, load_repositories, BorsContext,
-    BorsGlobalEvent, CommandParser, PgDbClient, ServerState, TeamApiClient, WebhookSecret,
+    create_app, create_bors_process, create_github_client, create_github_client_from_access_token,
+    load_repositories, BorsContextBuilder, BorsGlobalEvent, CommandParser, PgDbClient, ServerState,
+    TeamApiClient, WebhookSecret,
 };
 use clap::Parser;
 use sqlx::postgres::PgConnectOptions;
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ use tracing_subscriber::filter::EnvFilter;
 /// How often should the bot check DB state, e.g. for handling timeouts.
 const PERIODIC_REFRESH: Duration = Duration::from_secs(120);
 
-#[derive(clap::Parser)]
+const GITHUB_API_URL: &str = "https://api.github.com";
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
 struct Opts {
     /// Github App ID.
     #[arg(long, env = "APP_ID")]
@@ -39,6 +42,10 @@ struct Opts {
     /// Prefix used for bot commands in PR comments.
     #[arg(long, env = "CMD_PREFIX", default_value = "@bors")]
     cmd_prefix: String,
+
+    /// Prefix used for bot commands in PR comments.
+    #[arg(long, env = "CI_ACCESS_TOKEN")]
+    ci_access_token: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Starts a server that receives GitHub webhooks and generates events into a queue
@@ -81,15 +88,30 @@ fn try_main(opts: Opts) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let db = runtime
         .block_on(initialize_db(&opts.db))
         .context("Cannot initialize database")?;
-    let team_api = TeamApiClient::default();
-    let (client, loaded_repos) = runtime.block_on(async {
-        let client = create_github_client(
+    let team_api_client = TeamApiClient::default();
+    let gh_app_client = runtime.block_on(async {
+        create_github_client(
             opts.app_id.into(),
-            "https://api.github.com".to_string(),
+            GITHUB_API_URL.to_string(),
             opts.private_key.into(),
-        )?;
-        let repos = load_repositories(&client, &team_api).await?;
-        Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>((client, repos))
+        )
+    })?;
+    let ci_client = match opts.ci_access_token {
+        Some(access_token) => {
+            let client = runtime.block_on(async {
+                tracing::warn!("creating client ci");
+                create_github_client_from_access_token(
+                    GITHUB_API_URL.to_string(),
+                    access_token.into(),
+                )
+            })?;
+            Some(client)
+        }
+        None => None,
+    };
+    let loaded_repos = runtime.block_on(async {
+        let repos = load_repositories(&gh_app_client, &team_api_client).await?;
+        Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(repos)
     })?;
 
     let mut repos = HashMap::default();
@@ -108,8 +130,16 @@ fn try_main(opts: Opts) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         repos.insert(name, Arc::new(repo));
     }
 
-    let ctx = BorsContext::new(CommandParser::new(opts.cmd_prefix), Arc::new(db), repos);
-    let (repository_tx, global_tx, bors_process) = create_bors_process(ctx, client, team_api);
+    let ctx = BorsContextBuilder::default()
+        .parser(CommandParser::new(opts.cmd_prefix))
+        .db(Arc::new(db))
+        .repositories(repos)
+        .gh_app_client(gh_app_client)
+        .ci_client(ci_client)
+        .team_api_client(team_api_client)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+    let (repository_tx, global_tx, bors_process) = create_bors_process(ctx);
 
     let refresh_tx = global_tx.clone();
     let refresh_process = async move {
diff --git a/src/bors/command/parser.rs b/src/bors/command/parser.rs
index e922f46d..ea37ff4d 100644
--- a/src/bors/command/parser.rs
+++ b/src/bors/command/parser.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enum CommandPart<'a> {
     KeyValue { key: &'a str, value: &'a str },
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct CommandParser {
     prefix: String,
 }
diff --git a/src/bors/context.rs b/src/bors/context.rs
index b3a12382..7eb80d15 100644
--- a/src/bors/context.rs
+++ b/src/bors/context.rs
@@ -3,27 +3,24 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, RwLock},
 };
 
-use crate::{bors::command::CommandParser, github::GithubRepoName, PgDbClient};
+use derive_builder::Builder;
+use octocrab::Octocrab;
+
+use crate::{bors::command::CommandParser, github::GithubRepoName, PgDbClient, TeamApiClient};
 
 use super::RepositoryState;
 
+#[derive(Builder)]
 pub struct BorsContext {
     pub parser: CommandParser,
     pub db: Arc<PgDbClient>,
+    #[builder(field(
+        ty = "HashMap<GithubRepoName, Arc<RepositoryState>>",
+        build = "RwLock::new(self.repositories.clone())"
+    ))]
     pub repositories: RwLock<HashMap<GithubRepoName, Arc<RepositoryState>>>,
-}
-
-impl BorsContext {
-    pub fn new(
-        parser: CommandParser,
-        db: Arc<PgDbClient>,
-        repositories: HashMap<GithubRepoName, Arc<RepositoryState>>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let repositories = RwLock::new(repositories);
-        Self {
-            parser,
-            db,
-            repositories,
-        }
-    }
+    pub gh_app_client: Octocrab,
+    #[builder(default)]
+    pub ci_client: Option<Octocrab>,
+    pub team_api_client: TeamApiClient,
 }
diff --git a/src/bors/handlers/mod.rs b/src/bors/handlers/mod.rs
index 7b76da53..048d6c5f 100644
--- a/src/bors/handlers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bors/handlers/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use anyhow::Context;
-use octocrab::Octocrab;
 use tracing::Instrument;
 
 use crate::bors::command::{BorsCommand, CommandParseError};
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::bors::handlers::workflow::{
     handle_check_suite_completed, handle_workflow_completed, handle_workflow_started,
 };
 use crate::bors::{BorsContext, Comment, RepositoryState};
-use crate::{load_repositories, PgDbClient, TeamApiClient};
+use crate::{load_repositories, PgDbClient};
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 use crate::tests::util::TestSyncMarker;
@@ -142,16 +141,12 @@ pub static WAIT_FOR_REFRESH: TestSyncMarker = TestSyncMarker::new();
 pub async fn handle_bors_global_event(
     event: BorsGlobalEvent,
     ctx: Arc<BorsContext>,
-    gh_client: &Octocrab,
-    team_api_client: &TeamApiClient,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let db = Arc::clone(&ctx.db);
     match event {
         BorsGlobalEvent::InstallationsChanged => {
             let span = tracing::info_span!("Installations changed");
-            reload_repos(ctx, gh_client, team_api_client)
-                .instrument(span)
-                .await?;
+            reload_repos(ctx).instrument(span).await?;
         }
         BorsGlobalEvent::Refresh => {
             let span = tracing::info_span!("Refresh");
@@ -161,7 +156,7 @@ pub async fn handle_bors_global_event(
                 let repo = Arc::clone(&repo);
                 async {
                     let subspan = tracing::info_span!("Repo", repo = repo.repository().to_string());
-                    refresh_repository(repo, Arc::clone(&db), team_api_client)
+                    refresh_repository(repo, Arc::clone(&db), &ctx.team_api_client)
                         .instrument(subspan)
                         .await
                 }
@@ -274,12 +269,8 @@ async fn handle_comment(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn reload_repos(
-    ctx: Arc<BorsContext>,
-    gh_client: &Octocrab,
-    team_api_client: &TeamApiClient,
-) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let reloaded_repos = load_repositories(gh_client, team_api_client).await?;
+async fn reload_repos(ctx: Arc<BorsContext>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let reloaded_repos = load_repositories(&ctx.gh_app_client, &ctx.team_api_client).await?;
     let mut repositories = ctx.repositories.write().unwrap();
     for repo in repositories.values() {
         if !reloaded_repos.contains_key(repo.repository()) {
diff --git a/src/bors/mod.rs b/src/bors/mod.rs
index 719a3bd1..f8050198 100644
--- a/src/bors/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bors/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use arc_swap::ArcSwap;
 pub use command::CommandParser;
 pub use comment::Comment;
 pub use context::BorsContext;
+pub use context::BorsContextBuilder;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub use handlers::WAIT_FOR_REFRESH;
 pub use handlers::{handle_bors_global_event, handle_bors_repository_event};
diff --git a/src/github/api/mod.rs b/src/github/api/mod.rs
index 7ef31039..c46ed8cf 100644
--- a/src/github/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/github/api/mod.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ pub fn create_github_client(
         .context("Could not create octocrab builder")
 }
 
+pub fn create_github_client_from_access_token(
+    github_url: String,
+    access_token: SecretString,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Octocrab> {
+    Octocrab::builder()
+        .base_uri(github_url)?
+        .user_access_token(access_token)
+        .build()
+        .context("Could not create octocrab builder")
+}
+
 /// Loads repositories that are connected to the given GitHub App client.
 /// The anyhow::Result<RepositoryState> is intended, because we wanted to have
 /// a hard error when the repos fail to load when the bot starts, but only log
diff --git a/src/github/server.rs b/src/github/server.rs
index ebb157c8..13dab2d8 100644
--- a/src/github/server.rs
+++ b/src/github/server.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::bors::event::BorsEvent;
 use crate::bors::{handle_bors_global_event, handle_bors_repository_event, BorsContext};
 use crate::github::webhook::GitHubWebhook;
 use crate::github::webhook::WebhookSecret;
-use crate::{BorsGlobalEvent, BorsRepositoryEvent, TeamApiClient};
+use crate::{BorsGlobalEvent, BorsRepositoryEvent};
 
 use anyhow::Error;
 use axum::extract::State;
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use axum::http::StatusCode;
 use axum::response::IntoResponse;
 use axum::routing::{get, post};
 use axum::Router;
-use octocrab::Octocrab;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
@@ -83,8 +82,6 @@ pub async fn github_webhook_handler(
 /// them.
 pub fn create_bors_process(
     ctx: BorsContext,
-    gh_client: Octocrab,
-    team_api: TeamApiClient,
 ) -> (
     mpsc::Sender<BorsRepositoryEvent>,
     mpsc::Sender<BorsGlobalEvent>,
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ pub fn create_bors_process(
         {
             tokio::join!(
                 consume_repository_events(ctx.clone(), repository_rx),
-                consume_global_events(ctx.clone(), global_rx, gh_client, team_api)
+                consume_global_events(ctx.clone(), global_rx)
             );
         }
         // In real execution, the bot runs forever. If there is something that finishes
@@ -116,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn create_bors_process(
                 _ = consume_repository_events(ctx.clone(), repository_rx) => {
                     tracing::error!("Repository event handling process has ended");
                 }
-                _ = consume_global_events(ctx.clone(), global_rx, gh_client, team_api) => {
+                _ = consume_global_events(ctx.clone(), global_rx) => {
                     tracing::error!("Global event handling process has ended");
                 }
             }
@@ -146,15 +143,13 @@ async fn consume_repository_events(
 async fn consume_global_events(
     ctx: Arc<BorsContext>,
     mut global_rx: mpsc::Receiver<BorsGlobalEvent>,
-    gh_client: Octocrab,
-    team_api: TeamApiClient,
 ) {
     while let Some(event) = global_rx.recv().await {
         let ctx = ctx.clone();
 
         let span = tracing::info_span!("GlobalEvent");
         tracing::debug!("Received global event: {event:#?}");
-        if let Err(error) = handle_bors_global_event(event, ctx, &gh_client, &team_api)
+        if let Err(error) = handle_bors_global_event(event, ctx)
             .instrument(span.clone())
             .await
         {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5e85551f..ec1f9e9b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ mod github;
 mod permissions;
 mod utils;
 
-pub use bors::{event::BorsGlobalEvent, event::BorsRepositoryEvent, BorsContext, CommandParser};
+pub use bors::{
+    event::BorsGlobalEvent, event::BorsRepositoryEvent, BorsContext, BorsContextBuilder,
+    CommandParser,
+};
 pub use database::PgDbClient;
 pub use github::{
     api::create_github_client,
+    api::create_github_client_from_access_token,
     api::load_repositories,
     server::{create_app, create_bors_process, ServerState},
     WebhookSecret,
diff --git a/src/permissions.rs b/src/permissions.rs
index 4c7022fa..657dd5ba 100644
--- a/src/permissions.rs
+++ b/src/permissions.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) struct UserPermissionsResponse {
     github_ids: HashSet<UserId>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct TeamApiClient {
     base_url: String,
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/mocks/bors.rs b/src/tests/mocks/bors.rs
index a0f8ad5b..d410e8a7 100644
--- a/src/tests/mocks/bors.rs
+++ b/src/tests/mocks/bors.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ use crate::tests::mocks::{
 };
 use crate::tests::webhook::{create_webhook_request, TEST_WEBHOOK_SECRET};
 use crate::{
-    create_app, create_bors_process, BorsContext, BorsGlobalEvent, CommandParser, PgDbClient,
-    ServerState, WebhookSecret,
+    create_app, create_bors_process, BorsContextBuilder, BorsGlobalEvent, CommandParser,
+    PgDbClient, ServerState, WebhookSecret,
 };
 
 use super::pull_request::{GitHubPullRequestEventPayload, PullRequestChangeEvent};
@@ -109,10 +109,16 @@ impl BorsTester {
             repos.insert(name, Arc::new(repo));
         }
 
-        let ctx = BorsContext::new(CommandParser::new("@bors".to_string()), db.clone(), repos);
+        let ctx = BorsContextBuilder::default()
+            .parser(CommandParser::new("@bors".to_string()))
+            .db(db.clone())
+            .repositories(repos)
+            .gh_app_client(mock.github_client())
+            .team_api_client(mock.team_api_client())
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
 
-        let (repository_tx, global_tx, bors_process) =
-            create_bors_process(ctx, mock.github_client(), mock.team_api_client());
+        let (repository_tx, global_tx, bors_process) = create_bors_process(ctx);
 
         let state = ServerState::new(
             repository_tx,