GitHub

Flow uses this integration to manage GitHub organization members, teams, repositories, issues, collaborators, and Copilot seats from automations.

Personal access token

Prepare in GitHub

Create a GitHub token

Create a personal access token (classic) for the organization this team will automate. Follow GitHub’s personal access token documentation for expiration, approval, and organization policy requirements.

Set token access

Grant the classic token scopes required for the GitHub actions this team will use. Use the shortest practical expiration.

Connect in Flow

Find the GitHub integration

Open Integrations.
Choose Add connection.
In Add connection, search for GitHub.
Select the GitHub card.

Open Flow

Connect

Pick the team that will use the connection.
Select the GitHub actions that team’s automations need.
Enter the GitHub token when prompted.

Permissions and scopes

Create the token with the scopes required by the actions allowed for the connection. At runtime, Flow checks action access and granted scopes before calling the provider.

Scope	Used by actions
`admin:org`	Add Copilot seats, Add or update team membership, Remove Copilot seats, Remove organization member, Remove team membership, Set organization membership
`repo`	Add repository collaborator, Create issue, Create organization repository, Remove repository collaborator

Supported actions

Action	Description
Add Copilot seats	Adds GitHub Copilot seats for organization users using automation-provided input. Use it when the automation needs to add this provider record or request.	high
Add or update team membership	Updates or triggers a user’s GitHub team membership using automation-provided input. Use it after the automation has selected the target record or command.	high
Add repository collaborator	Updates or triggers a collaborator to a GitHub repository using automation-provided input. Use it after the automation has selected the target record or command.	high
Create issue	Creates a GitHub issue using automation-provided input. Use it when the automation needs to add this provider record or request.	low
Create organization repository	Creates a repository in a GitHub organization using automation-provided input. Use it when the automation needs to add this provider record or request.	medium
Remove Copilot seats	Removes GitHub Copilot seats from organization users. Use it only after the flow confirms the exact target.	high
Remove organization member	Removes a member from a GitHub organization. Use it only after the flow confirms the exact target.	high
Remove repository collaborator	Removes a collaborator from a GitHub repository. Use it only after the flow confirms the exact target.	high
Remove team membership	Removes a user’s GitHub team membership. Use it only after the flow confirms the exact target.	high
Search users	Reads GitHub users that match the search query. Use it to fetch current provider state without modifying data.	low
Set organization membership	Updates or triggers a user’s GitHub organization membership using automation-provided input. Use it after the automation has selected the target record or command.	high

Overview

Knowledge

Assets

Ticketing

Automation integrations

Prepare in GitHub

Connect in Flow

Permissions and scopes

Supported actions

Overview

Knowledge

Assets

Ticketing

Automation integrations

​Prepare in GitHub

​Connect in Flow

​Permissions and scopes

​Supported actions

Prepare in GitHub

Connect in Flow

Permissions and scopes

Supported actions