GitHub Token


Scribe talks to the GitHub API, so it needs a token.

  1. Create a fine-grained personal access token (GitHub → Settings → Developer settings → Fine-grained tokens).
    • Repository access: All repositories owned by you.
    • Permissions: Contents: Read-only (this includes Metadata: Read).
  2. In Settings → Plugins → Scribe, paste the token into GitHub Token, or store it in an environment variable and reference it (e.g. $GITHUB_TOKEN).

The field then lists the readme files in your own repositories, public and private. Repositories without one are left out, and Scribe will only ever fetch repositories owned by that token account.