Create a repository

POST/repos

owner_id is the id of the person who created the repository. With import_url, default_branch is the default branch of the repository copied.

• Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
• MCP tool: create_repo, with the same inputs

Body parameters

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

Name	Type	Required	Description
workspace	string	No	The workspace to create it in. May be left out if you belong to exactly one.
name	string	Yes
description	string	No
private	boolean	No
import_url	string	No	Copy the default branch of a public git repository at this https address, e.g. https://github.com/owner/repo.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "workspace": "flagon-io",
    "name": "hello-cli",
    "description": "Command-line client for hello.",
    "private": false
  }'

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "id": "rep_01m43tk1jhehztx23drs87f5fc",
  "namespace": "flagon-io",
  "name": "hello-cli",
  "description": "Command-line client for hello.",
  "is_private": false,
  "owner_id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p",
  "default_branch": "main",
  "fork_of": null,
  "protected": false,
  "created_at": "2026-10-04T16:05:12.913Z",
  "website": "https://hello.g1t.page",
  "archived_at": 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.