Connect GitHub
Connect GitHub as the company with the GitHub App, or as a person with a fine-grained personal access token.
On Apps, search for GitHub and choose Add or Connect. The question is Connect GitHub. Pick one of the two.
As the company
As the company keeps working when people leave. An organization owner installs the GitHub App and picks the repositories. Choose Install the GitHub App. The account is marked GitHub App.
As a person
As a person stops working when you leave Studio or are removed. It uses your own fine-grained token. The account is marked Personal token.
- The field is Fine-grained personal access token.
- Make a token on GitHub opens GitHub so you can create one. Limit it to the repositories you want and to the permissions the panel lists under Permissions it needs.
- Paste the token only in that field. It must start with
github_pat_. Otherwise the page says Paste a token that starts with github_pat_. - Choose Connect. The token is kept encrypted and is never shown again. Do not paste it into Ask Studio.
If a choice is not available, the page says why. If an install could not be finished, start again from Apps.