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Set allowed actions and reusable workflows for a repository

An MCP tool from the GitHub API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Set allowed actions and reusable workflows for a repository Sets the actions and reusable workflows that are allowed in a repository. To use this endpoint, the repository permission policy for allowed_actions must be configured to selected. For more… [PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/permissions/selected-actions]

Name on the gateway: github_api__actions_set_allowed_actions_repository · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
owner requiredstringThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case…
repo requiredstringThe name of the repository without the .git extension. The…
github_owned_allowedbooleanWhether GitHub-owned actions are allowed. For example, this includes the…
verified_allowedbooleanWhether actions from GitHub Marketplace verified creators are allowed. Set to…
patterns_allowedarraySpecifies a list of string-matching patterns to allow specific action(s) and…

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "github_api__actions_set_allowed_actions_repository",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the GitHub API server directly, which lists 1,221 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-github-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/github-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

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Use the set allowed actions and reusable workflows for a repository tool with owner set to ….

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