curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/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 /repos/{owner}/{repo}/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 a repository

## 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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| owner | path | string | Yes | The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| repo | path | string | Yes | The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case... |
| 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 /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runners/generate-jitconfig — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Create configuration for a just-in-time runner for a repository

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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/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
owner	path	string	Yes	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo	path	string	Yes	The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. 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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