Remove a collaborator
Take away the role someone was given on a repository directly.
DELETE
/repos/{owner}/{name}/collaborators/{username}Anyone may remove their own. An outside collaborator then has no access; a member keeps the workspace’s base permission (change it with set_base_permission, or remove them from the workspace). Needs the Admin role, unless it is your own. People only.
Takes away a direct role. Anyone may remove their own, to leave a repository. 404 when the person has no role of their own on it. A member keeps the workspace’s base permission. Sends the repo.collaborator_removed webhook event. See Access and roles.
- Authentication: Required. Send an access token as
Authorization: Bearer. - MCP tool:
remove_collaborator, with the same inputs
Path parameters
Section titled “Path parameters”| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
owner |
string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
name |
string | Yes | The repository’s name. |
username |
string | Yes | The person’s username. |
Example request
Section titled “Example request”curl -X DELETE https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/collaborators/ada \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"Example response
Section titled “Example response”A successful request answers 200 with:
trueErrors
Section titled “Errors”A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like {"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}. See errors.
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | unauthenticated |
A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | forbidden |
The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | not_found |
It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | conflict |
The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | invalid |
The input is not valid. message says which field and why. |