Create a repository for the authenticated user in GitHub
A documented GitHub operation that changes something in your account. Describe the outcome you want in plain words — HumDay writes the program, proves it, and runs it.
What this operation does
Create a repository for the authenticated user
- POSTChanges data · repos
api.github.com/user/repos
How HumDay uses it
- You describe the outcome. Not this operation by name — what you want to happen. HumDay works out which operations it needs.
- The contract names it. Before anything is built, you see exactly which GitHub operations the program may use, and this is one of them.
- You approve access. Because this one changes data, it cannot run until you have explicitly granted it.
Other GitHub operations
- Delete an email address for the authenticated userDELETE · changes data
- Add an email address for the authenticated userPOST · changes data
- Create a public SSH key for the authenticated userPOST · changes data
- Create a GPG key for the authenticated userPOST · changes data
- Create a SSH signing key for the authenticated userPOST · changes data
- Set primary email visibility for the authenticated userPATCH · changes data
- Update the authenticated userPATCH · changes data
- Create a gist commentPOST · changes data
Questions
- Can HumDay create a repository for the authenticated user in GitHub?
- Yes. This operation is published in GitHub's own API description, so HumDay can use it without a hand-built connector — once you have approved it for your automation.
- Will this change my GitHub data?
- Yes — this is a POST operation, so it changes something in GitHub. HumDay holds anything that writes behind an approval you grant explicitly, and the contract you approve says what it may touch.
- Do I need to write code?
- No. You describe the outcome you want in plain words. HumDay agrees a contract with you, writes the program, and shows you a proof run before anything touches your GitHub account.
Where this came from
Read from a published API description for GitHub at raw.githubusercontent.com/github/rest-api-description/main/descriptions/api.github.com/api. The description above is the provider’s own wording, not ours. Last published 2023-02-15.