curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/agents/repos/example-owner/example-repo/automations?page=1&per_page=30&owner_type=user' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /agents/repos/{owner}/{repo}/automations (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> List automations 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 GET 'https://api.github.com/agents/repos/example-owner/example-repo/automations?page=1&per_page=30&owner_type=user' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## 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. The name is not case sensitive. |
| page | query | integer | No | The page number of the results to fetch. |
| per_page | query | integer | No | The number of results per page (max 100). |
| owner_type | query | string | No | Filter automations by owner type. `user` returns automations owned by their c... |

## Response example
{"automations":[{}],"total_count":0}

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GET /agents/repos/{owner}/{repo}/automations — GitHub API

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GitHub API

List automations 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 GET 'https://api.github.com/agents/repos/example-owner/example-repo/automations?page=1&per_page=30&owner_type=user' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

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. The name is not case sensitive.
page	query	integer	No	The page number of the results to fetch.
per_page	query	integer	No	The number of results per page (max 100).
owner_type	query	string	No	Filter automations by owner type. `user` returns automations owned by their creator, `repository` returns automations owned by the repository. Omit to return both.

Response 200 OK

{
  "automations": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "enabled": true,
      "owner_type": "user",
      "write_scope": "trigger",
      "require_actor_write_permission": false,
      "model": "string",
      "reasoning_effort": "string",
      "triggers": {
        "interval": {
          "cadence": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "hour_utc": 0,
          "day_of_week": 0,
          "minute_utc": 0,
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "issue_opened": {
          "query": "string",
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "issue_labeled": {
          "query": "string",
          "labels": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "workflow_run": {
          "workflows": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "conclusions": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "query": "string",
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_opened": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_synchronize": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_merged": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "issue_comment": {
          "body_substring": "string",
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_comment": {
          "comment_types": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "body_substring": "string",
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "discussion_opened": {
          "categories": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "body_substring": "string",
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "discussion_updated": {
          "categories": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "body_substring": "string",
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "discussion_comment": {
          "comment_types": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "categories": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "body_substring": "string",
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "issue_assigned": {
          "query": "string",
          "assignees": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_assigned": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "assignees": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "sub_issue_added": {
          "query": "string",
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_ready_for_review": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_labeled": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "labels": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_merge_conflict": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_review_submitted": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "states": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "pull_request_review_requested": {
          "query": "string",
          "paths": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        },
        "automation_completed": {
          "automation_ids": [
            "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          ],
          "write_scope": "trigger"
        }
      },
      "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
      "created_by": {
        "id": 0
      }
    }
  ],
  "total_count": 0
}

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