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Update an organization custom pattern

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

Update an organization custom pattern Updates a secret scanning custom pattern for an organization. Personal access tokens (classic) need the write:org scope to use this endpoint. [PATCH /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns/{pattern_id}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__secret_scanning_update_org_custom_pattern · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
org requiredstringThe organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
pattern_id requiredintegerThe ID of the custom pattern.
patternstringThe updated regular expression of the custom pattern.
start_delimiterstringThe updated start delimiter regex for the custom pattern.
end_delimiterstringThe updated end delimiter regex for the custom pattern.
must_matcharrayUpdated list of regexes that the secret must match.
must_not_matcharrayUpdated list of regexes that the secret must not match.
custom_pattern_version requiredstringThe version of the entity. This is used to confirm you're updating the current…

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__secret_scanning_update_org_custom_pattern",
  "arguments": {
    "org": "…",
    "pattern_id": 0,
    "custom_pattern_version": "…"
  }
}

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"

Try asking

Use the update an organization custom pattern tool with org set to ….

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