curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/agents/tasks?per_page=30&page=1&sort=updated_at&direction=desc&state=example-state&is_archived=false&since=example-since' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /agents/tasks (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> List tasks

## 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/tasks?per_page=30&page=1&sort=updated_at&direction=desc&state=example-state&is_archived=false&since=example-since' \
  -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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| per_page | query | integer | No | The number of results per page (max 100). |
| page | query | integer | No | The page number of the results to fetch. |
| sort | query | string | No | The field to sort results by. Can be `updated_at` or `created_at`. |
| direction | query | string | No | The direction to sort results. Can be `asc` or `desc`. |
| state | query | string | No | Comma-separated list of task states to filter by. Can be any combination of:... |
| is_archived | query | boolean | No | Filter by archived status. When `true`, returns only archived tasks. When `fa... |
| since | query | string | No | Only show tasks updated at or after this time (ISO 8601 timestamp) |

## Response example
{"tasks":[{}],"total_active_count":0}

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GET

GET /agents/tasks — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

List tasks

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/tasks?per_page=30&page=1&sort=updated_at&direction=desc&state=example-state&is_archived=false&since=example-since' \  -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
per_page	query	integer	No	The number of results per page (max 100).
page	query	integer	No	The page number of the results to fetch.
sort	query	string	No	The field to sort results by. Can be `updated_at` or `created_at`.
direction	query	string	No	The direction to sort results. Can be `asc` or `desc`.
state	query	string	No	Comma-separated list of task states to filter by. Can be any combination of: `queued`, `in_progress`, `completed`, `failed`, `idle`, `waiting_for_user`, `timed_out`, `cancelled`.
is_archived	query	boolean	No	Filter by archived status. When `true`, returns only archived tasks. When `false` or omitted, returns only non-archived tasks. Defaults to `false`.
since	query	string	No	Only show tasks updated at or after this time (ISO 8601 timestamp)

Response 200 OK

{
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "url": "string",
      "html_url": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "creator": {
        "id": 0
      },
      "creator_type": "user",
      "user_collaborators": [
        {
          "id": 0
        }
      ],
      "owner": {
        "id": 0
      },
      "repository": {
        "id": 0
      },
      "state": "queued",
      "session_count": 0,
      "artifacts": [
        {
          "provider": "github",
          "type": "pull",
          "data": {
            "id": "[recursive or deeply nested schema]",
            "global_id": "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          }
        }
      ],
      "archived_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
      "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
      "custom_agent": {
        "id": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "total_active_count": 0,
  "total_archived_count": 0
}

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