diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/github/attestation.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/github/attestation.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f48dd4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/github/attestation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go/pkg/bundle"
+)
+
+const (
+	GetAttestationByRepoAndSubjectDigestPath  = "repos/%s/attestations/%s"
+	GetAttestationByOwnerAndSubjectDigestPath = "orgs/%s/attestations/%s"
+)
+
+type ErrNoAttestations struct {
+	name   string
+	digest string
+}
+
+func (e ErrNoAttestations) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("no attestations found for digest %s in %s", e.name, e.digest)
+}
+
+func newErrNoAttestations(name, digest string) ErrNoAttestations {
+	return ErrNoAttestations{name, digest}
+}
+
+type Attestation struct {
+	Bundle *bundle.ProtobufBundle `json:"bundle"`
+}
+
+type AttestationsResponse struct {
+	Attestations []*Attestation `json:"attestations"`
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/github/client.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/github/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13688a5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/github/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package github
+
+import "github.com/cli/cli/v2/api"
+
+type Client interface {
+	GetByRepoAndDigest(repo, digest string, limit int) ([]*Attestation, error)
+	GetByOwnerAndDigest(owner, digest string, limit int) ([]*Attestation, error)
+}
+
+type LiveClient struct {
+	apiClient api.Client
+}
+
+func NewLiveClient() (*LiveClient, error) {
+	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
+	return &LiveClient{
+		apiClient: apiClient,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
index a4662df6b..3ced61b89 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ func NewVerifyCmd(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 		// when RunE is used, the command usage will be printed
 		// We only want to print the error, not usage
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			// Configure the GitHub API client
-			apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
-
 			if err := runVerify(opts); err != nil {
 				opts.Logger.Println(opts.Logger.ColorScheme.Redf("Failed to verify the artifact: %s", err.Error()))
 				os.Exit(1)