diff --git a/metagpt/actions/import_repo.py b/metagpt/actions/import_repo.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from typing import List
+
+from metagpt.actions import Action
+from metagpt.schema import Message
+from metagpt.tools.libs.git import git_clone
+from metagpt.utils.git_repository import GitRepository
+from metagpt.utils.project_repo import ProjectRepo
+
+
+class ImportRepo(Action):
+    repo_path: str
+
+    async def run(self, with_messages: List[Message] = None, **kwargs) -> Message:
+        await self._create_repo()
+        pass
+
+    async def _create_repo(self):
+        path = await git_clone(url=self.repo_path, output_dir=self.config.workspace.path)
+        self.repo_path = str(path)
+        self.config.project_path = path
+        self.context.git_repo = GitRepository(local_path=path, auto_init=True)
+        self.context.repo = ProjectRepo(self.context.git_repo)
diff --git a/tests/metagpt/actions/test_import_repo.py b/tests/metagpt/actions/test_import_repo.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import pytest
+
+from metagpt.actions.import_repo import ImportRepo
+from metagpt.context import Context
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("repo_path", ["https://github.com/geekan/MetaGPT.git"])
+async def test_import_repo(repo_path):
+    context = Context()
+    action = ImportRepo(repo_path=repo_path, context=context)
+    await action.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pytest.main([__file__, "-s"])