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It would be nice to add some sort of note in the docs about the token that needs to be included in the workflow.
As somebody new to integrating with actions, I spent a good amount of time realizing that API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }} referenced a personal access token and that the standard GITHUB_TOKEN would not have sufficient permissions.

@xelzi I'm also new to actions and ran into the same problem as you. But need help with the next step. After setting up a personal access token, what do I need to do so that it is recognized by the ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }} reference? thanks in advance for the help.

If the repositories you are copying files between are under the same organization you can add an org secret: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-an-organization

Otherwise, you need to make sure both repos have access to the secret a la: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-an-environment

Hope that helps!

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It would be nice to add some sort of note in the docs about the token that needs to be included in the workflow.

As somebody new to integrating with actions, I spent a good amount of time realizing that API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }} referenced a personal access token and that the standard GITHUB_TOKEN would not have sufficient permissions.

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Sounds like a good thing to mention. I need to update docs with the commit message stuff, too, so I'll grab this then.

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@DavidOry , if i understand your issue correctly , you need to reference your own token with something like this https://bloggie.io/@_junrong/using-environment-variables-secrets-in-github-actions#secrets . Hope that helps.

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@dmnemec I'm receiving this error in one of my repositories with a regular workflow.

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Maybe a false positive, I've updated my personal access token and everything works fine now.

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It would be nice to add some sort of note in the docs about the token that needs to be included in the workflow.

As somebody new to integrating with actions, I spent a good amount of time realizing that API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }} referenced a personal access token and that the standard GITHUB_TOKEN would not have sufficient permissions.

@xelzi I'm also new to actions and ran into the same problem as you. But need help with the next step. After setting up a personal access token, what do I need to do so that it is recognized by the ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }} reference? thanks in advance for the help.

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