Set the approval policy for outside pull requests

Set approval_policy: first_time_contributors, outside_contributors or all_external_contributors.

PUT/repos/{owner}/{name}/actions/permissions/fork-pr-contributor-approval

Needs the Admin role.

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

Path parameters

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

Body parameters

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

Name	Type	Required	Description
`approval_policy`	string	Yes	One of `first_time_contributors`, `outside_contributors`, `all_external_contributors`.

Example request

curl -X PUT https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/g1t/actions/permissions/fork-pr-contributor-approval \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "approval_policy": "all_external_contributors"
  }'

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "approval_policy": "all_external_contributors"
}

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.