curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/git/tags' \
  -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 '{
  "tag": "example-tag",
  "message": "example-message",
  "object": "example-object",
  "type": "commit"
}'

# POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/tags (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Create a tag object

## 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/git/tags' \
  -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 '{
  "tag": "example-tag",
  "message": "example-message",
  "object": "example-object",
  "type": "commit"
}'

## 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... |
| tag | body | string | Yes | The tag's name. This is typically a version (e.g., "v0.0.1"). |
| message | body | string | Yes | The tag message. |
| object | body | string | Yes | The SHA of the git object this is tagging. |
| type | body | string | Yes | The type of the object we're tagging. Normally this is a `commit` but it can... |
| tagger | body | object | No | An object with information about the individual creating the tag. |

## Response example
{"node_id":"MDM6VGFnOTQwYmQzMzYyNDhlZmFlMGY5ZWU1YmM3YjJkNWM5ODU4ODdiMTZhYw==","tag":"v0.0.1"}

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POST

POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/tags — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Create a tag object

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
→ 349 tokens · Vary: Accept

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/git/tags' \  -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 '{  "tag": "example-tag",  "message": "example-message",  "object": "example-object",  "type": "commit"}'

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.
tag	body	string	Yes	The tag's name. This is typically a version (e.g., "v0.0.1").
message	body	string	Yes	The tag message.
object	body	string	Yes	The SHA of the git object this is tagging.
type	body	string	Yes	The type of the object we're tagging. Normally this is a `commit` but it can also be a `tree` or a `blob`.
tagger	body	object	No	An object with information about the individual creating the tag.

Response 200 OK

{
  "node_id": "MDM6VGFnOTQwYmQzMzYyNDhlZmFlMGY5ZWU1YmM3YjJkNWM5ODU4ODdiMTZhYw==",
  "tag": "v0.0.1",
  "sha": "940bd336248efae0f9ee5bc7b2d5c985887b16ac",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repositories/42/git/tags/940bd336248efae0f9ee5bc7b2d5c985887b16ac",
  "message": "Initial public release",
  "tagger": {
    "date": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "name": "string"
  },
  "object": {
    "sha": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "url": "https://example.com"
  },
  "verification": {
    "verified": true,
    "reason": "string",
    "payload": "string",
    "signature": "string",
    "verified_at": "string"
  }
}

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