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Explains the purpose, scope, and permissions of the automatic GITHUB_TOKEN provided to workflow runs, including how to manage its access levels.

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Actions GITHUB_TOKEN - GitHub Docs

Explains the purpose, scope, and permissions of the automatic GITHUB_TOKEN provided to workflow runs, including how to manage its access levels.

When To Use

Use when configuring workflow permissions or determining how to securely authenticate actions with the GitHub API without using personal access tokens.

Reference Files

File	Contains	Use For
`SKILL.md`	Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow.	Start here.
`docs/actions-security-github-token-docs-workflow-guide.md`	Documentation explaining the purpose, lifecycle, and security implications of the GITHUB_TOKEN in GitHub Actions workflows.	Questions about documentation explaining the purpose, lifecycle, and security implications of the GITHUBTOKEN in GitHub Actions workf...

What This Skill Covers

- GitHub Actions / - Concepts / - Security / - GITHUBTOKEN
Main sections: In this article, About the GITHUBTOKEN, When GITHUBTOKEN triggers workflow runs, Next steps.

Workflow

Open the most relevant file under docs/ for the exact documented workflow and wording.
Open schemas/ files for exact structured contracts.
Open examples/ files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests.
Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.

Canonical source: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/concepts/security/github_token