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Repositories

A repository's forks that you can see, newest first, each with parent naming the repository. limit is at most 100, 30 when left out.

GET/repos/{owner}/{name}/forks

Forks of its forks are listed on them.

Only the forks you can read, newest first: a private repository’s forks are listed for people who can read them. Forks of a fork are listed on that fork. See Forks.

  • Authentication: Optional. Public data can be read without a token; send one to see what is private.
  • MCP tool: repository with action forks, and the same inputs
  • Scope: An access token needs repo:read.
Name Type Required Description
owner string Yes The workspace that owns the repository.
name string Yes The repository’s name.
Name Type Required Description
limit integer No At most this many; 30 when left out.
curl "https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/forks?limit=30" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

A successful request answers 200 with:

[
{
"id": "rep_01m4b7k2v9c3tq8x5n6d0fr1hz",
"namespace": "ada",
"name": "hello",
"is_private": false,
"owner_id": "usr_01kq3r8w2m6vd5e9t0hy7jx4cb",
"default_branch": "main",
"fork_of": null,
"parent_id": "rep_01m3m5q6p0e2qaw6mmjahk0qrr",
"parent": {
"namespace": "flagon-io",
"name": "hello"
},
"allow_forking": false,
"protected": false,
"created_at": "2026-10-14T09:30:12.418Z",
"website": null,
"archived_at": null
}
]

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 a token without the scope it needs.
404 not_found It does not exist, or you cannot see it.
422 invalid The input is not valid. message says which field and why.