Approve a workflow run

Let a run of a pull request from outside start: it waits as action_required, by the repository's approval policy (get_fork_pr_approval), until someone with the Write role approves it.

POST/repos/{owner}/{name}/actions/runs/{id}/approve

A workflow job’s own token cannot approve. Returns the run.

Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
MCP tool: workflow with action approve_run, and the same inputs
Scope: An access token needs workflows:write.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`owner`	string	Yes	The workspace that owns the repository.
`name`	string	Yes	The repository’s name.
`id`	string	Yes	The run’s id, run_….

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/g1t/actions/runs/run_01kq9a2c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x/approve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "id": "run_01kq9a2c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x",
  "workflow_id": "wfl_01kpw2c5d8e1f4g7h0j3k6m9np",
  "path": ".g1t/workflows/ci.yml",
  "name": "CI",
  "title": "Fix a typo in the README",
  "number": 41,
  "attempt": 1,
  "event": "pull_request",
  "ref": "refs/pull/88/merge",
  "sha": "4c1e7a9b2d5f8e0a3c6b9d2f5a8c1e4b7d0f3a6c",
  "pull": 88,
  "status": "queued",
  "conclusion": null,
  "error": null,
  "actor": "octo-fan",
  "created_at": "2026-10-08T08:02:11.004Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_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.