curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runners/generate-jitconfig' \
  -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",
  "runner_group_id": 0,
  "labels": [
    "example-labels"
  ]
}'

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

> Create configuration for a just-in-time runner 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/runners/generate-jitconfig' \
  -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",
  "runner_group_id": 0,
  "labels": [
    "example-labels"
  ]
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| name | body | string | Yes | The name of the new runner. |
| runner_group_id | body | integer | Yes | The ID of the runner group to register the runner to. |
| labels | body | string[] | Yes | The names of the custom labels to add to the runner. **Minimum items**: 1. **... |
| work_folder | body | string | No | The working directory to be used for job execution, relative to the runner in... |

## Response example
{"runner":{"id":5,"runner_group_id":1},"encoded_jit_config":"string"}

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POST

POST /orgs/{org}/actions/runners/generate-jitconfig — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Create configuration for a just-in-time runner for an organization

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

Actions Try in browser→

Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
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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/runners/generate-jitconfig' \  -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",  "runner_group_id": 0,  "labels": [    "example-labels"  ]}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
name	body	string	Yes	The name of the new runner.
runner_group_id	body	integer	Yes	The ID of the runner group to register the runner to.
labels	body	string[]	Yes	The names of the custom labels to add to the runner. Minimum items: 1. Maximum items: 100.
work_folder	body	string	No	The working directory to be used for job execution, relative to the runner install directory.

Response 200 OK

{
  "runner": {
    "id": 5,
    "runner_group_id": 1,
    "name": "iMac",
    "os": "macos",
    "status": "online",
    "busy": true,
    "labels": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "string",
        "type": "read-only"
      }
    ],
    "ephemeral": true,
    "version": "2.323.0"
  },
  "encoded_jit_config": "string"
}

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