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Expand Up @@ -169,8 +169,11 @@ A GitHub App is the right auth surface for this — not a personal access token.
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| Contents | Read & Write | Push branches |
| Pull requests | Read & Write | Create/edit PRs |
| Workflows | Read & Write | Add or modify files under `.github/workflows/`. Without this, GitHub will reject pushes that touch a workflow file with `refusing to allow a GitHub App to create or update workflow ... without 'workflows' permission`. Required for any repo where Claude manages CI/CD config (i.e. all of them, in practice) |
| Metadata | Read (mandatory) | Required by GitHub |

> After adding or changing permissions on the App, the existing installation also has to **accept** the new scope: *Settings → Installations → Configure → Review permissions*. The App can declare new permissions all it wants; until the installation acknowledges them, the runtime token still has the old scope.

7. Account permissions: none needed.
8. "Where can this GitHub App be installed?" → **Only on this account**.
9. Create the App, generate a **private key** (`.pem`), download and store it in **Apple Passwords** (secure note attachment) as `amcheste-ai-agent GitHub App private key`.
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