Learn about the permissions required for the GitHub app in Slack to function.
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By granting the {% data variables.product.github %} app access to your Slack workspace, you are providing necessary authorizations to your {% data variables.product.github %} account and your Slack workspace. These permissions enable the app to perform its functions and provide you with a seamless experience when using GitHub in Slack.
Slack permissions
When you install the {% data variables.product.github %} app in your Slack workspace, you are authorizing the app to access certain information and perform specific actions within your Slack workspace. The app requires the following permissions:
Permission scope
Why we need it
Access private conversations between you and the App
To message you with instructions.
View links to GitHub.com in messages
To render rich links from github.com
Add link previews to GitHub.com to messages
To render rich links to github.com
Add slash commands
To add the /github slash command to your Slack workspace
View the workspace or organization's name, email domain, and icon
To store subscriptions you set up
Post messages as the app
To notify you of activity that happens on GitHub, in Slack
GitHub permissions
When you connect your {% data variables.product.github %} account to the {% data variables.product.github %} app in Slack, you are authorizing the app to access your {% data variables.product.github %} account. The app requires the following permissions:
Permission scope
Why we need it
Read access to code
To render code snippets in Slack
Read access to actions, commit statuses, checks, discussions, issues, metadata, pull requests, and repository projects
To render previews of links shared in Slack
Write access to actions, issues, deployments, and pull requests
To take action from Slack with the /github command and directly from messages
Write access to content
To open pull requests authored by {% data variables.copilot.copilot_coding_agent %}
Read/write access to workflows
To initiate {% data variables.copilot.copilot_coding_agent %} sessions
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