Initial plan

Co-authored-by: zkoppert <[email protected]>

Author: Copilot

evergreen.py

@@ -340,8 +340,19 @@ def enable_dependabot_security_updates(ghe, owner, repo, access_token):
 
 
 def get_repos_iterator(organization, team_name, repository_list, github_connection):
-    """Get the repositories from the organization, team_name, or list of repositories"""
+    """Get the repositories from the organization, team_name, repository_list, or via search query"""
+    # Use GitHub search API if REPOSITORY_SEARCH_QUERY is set
+    try:
+        import os
+        search_query = os.getenv("REPOSITORY_SEARCH_QUERY", "")
+    except ImportError:
+        search_query = ""
+    if search_query:
+        # Return repositories matching the search query
+        return github_connection.search_repositories(search_query)
+
     repos = []
+    # Default behavior: list all organization/team repositories or specific repository list
     if organization and not repository_list and not team_name:
         repos = github_connection.organization(organization).repositories()
     elif team_name and organization: