curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runner-groups' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-name"
}'

# POST /orgs/{org}/actions/runner-groups (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Create a self-hosted runner group for an organization

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runner-groups' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-name"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| name | body | string | Yes | Name of the runner group. |
| visibility | body | string | No | Visibility of a runner group. You can select all repositories, select individ... |
| selected_repository_ids | body | integer[] | No | List of repository IDs that can access the runner group. |
| runners | body | integer[] | No | List of runner IDs to add to the runner group. |
| allows_public_repositories | body | boolean | No | Whether the runner group can be used by `public` repositories. |
| restricted_to_workflows | body | boolean | No | If `true`, the runner group will be restricted to running only the workflows... |
| selected_workflows | body | string[] | No | List of workflows the runner group should be allowed to run. This setting wil... |
Other params: network_configuration_id

## Response example
{"id":0,"name":"string"}

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POST

POST /orgs/{org}/actions/runner-groups — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Create a self-hosted runner group for an organization

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runner-groups' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "example-name"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
name	body	string	Yes	Name of the runner group.
visibility	body	string	No	Visibility of a runner group. You can select all repositories, select individual repositories, or limit access to private repositories.
selected_repository_ids	body	integer[]	No	List of repository IDs that can access the runner group.
runners	body	integer[]	No	List of runner IDs to add to the runner group.
allows_public_repositories	body	boolean	No	Whether the runner group can be used by `public` repositories.
restricted_to_workflows	body	boolean	No	If `true`, the runner group will be restricted to running only the workflows specified in the `selected_workflows` array.
selected_workflows	body	string[]	No	List of workflows the runner group should be allowed to run. This setting will be ignored unless `restricted_to_workflows` is set to `true`.
network_configuration_id	body	string	No	The identifier of a hosted compute network configuration.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "visibility": "string",
  "default": true,
  "selected_repositories_url": "string",
  "runners_url": "string",
  "hosted_runners_url": "string",
  "network_configuration_id": "string",
  "inherited": true,
  "inherited_allows_public_repositories": true,
  "allows_public_repositories": true,
  "workflow_restrictions_read_only": false,
  "restricted_to_workflows": false,
  "selected_workflows": [
    "octo-org/octo-repo/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml@main"
  ]
}

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