Turn a workflow off

Turn a workflow on or off without changing its file.

PUT/repos/{owner}/{name}/actions/workflows/{workflow}/disable

Needs the Maintain role or higher.

Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
MCP tool: update_workflow, with the same inputs
Also at: PATCH /repos/{owner}/{name}/actions/workflows/{workflow}, PUT /repos/{owner}/{name}/actions/workflows/{workflow}/enable

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`owner`	string	Yes	The workspace that owns the repository.
`name`	string	Yes	The repository’s name.
`workflow`	string	Yes	The workflow’s id or file name.

Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are snake_case, as in responses; the camelCase spelling is accepted too.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`enabled`	boolean	Yes

Example request

curl -X PUT https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/actions/workflows/nightly.yml/disable \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "enabled": true
  }'

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "id": "wfl_01kpw2c5d8e1f4g7h0j3k6m9nq",
  "path": ".g1t/workflows/nightly.yml",
  "name": "Nightly",
  "events": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "state": "disabled",
  "error": null,
  "notes": [],
  "dispatch": null,
  "last_run": null
}

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.