curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/permissions/selected-actions' \
  -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 '{}'

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

> Set allowed actions and reusable workflows 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 PUT 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/permissions/selected-actions' \
  -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 '{}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| github_owned_allowed | body | boolean | No | Whether GitHub-owned actions are allowed. For example, this includes the acti... |
| verified_allowed | body | boolean | No | Whether actions from GitHub Marketplace verified creators are allowed. Set to... |
| patterns_allowed | body | string[] | No | Specifies a list of string-matching patterns to allow specific action(s) and... |

## Response example
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PUT

PUT /orgs/{org}/actions/permissions/selected-actions — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Set allowed actions and reusable workflows 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 PUT 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/permissions/selected-actions' \  -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 '{}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
github_owned_allowed	body	boolean	No	Whether GitHub-owned actions are allowed. For example, this includes the actions in the `actions` organization.
verified_allowed	body	boolean	No	Whether actions from GitHub Marketplace verified creators are allowed. Set to `true` to allow all actions by GitHub Marketplace verified creators.
patterns_allowed	body	string[]	No	Specifies a list of string-matching patterns to allow specific action(s) and reusable workflow(s). Wildcards, tags, and SHAs are allowed. For example, `monalisa/octocat@`, `monalisa/octocat@v2`, `monalisa/`. > [!NOTE] > The `patterns_allowed` setting only applies to public repositories.

Response 200 OK

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