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User permission·gists:write
Gists: Write
Tier 3 · Low
Why Tier 3
Creates and edits the user's gists. Content outside the organization's repositories.
Data plane permissions start at Tier 2. This one is lowered for the reason above.
- Target
- User
- Plane
- DataAccount: A user's own profile, follows, stars, gists and blocks.
- Granted by
- Fine-grained PAT, GitHub App
- Available on
- Every setup
What it unlocks
9 REST endpoints need this permission. A few of them:
- POST /gists
- PATCH /gists/{gist_id}
- DELETE /gists/{gist_id}
- POST /gists/{gist_id}/comments
Roles that include it
No built-in role includes it. Only tokens, Apps or custom roles can grant it.
Classic scopes that reach it
- T3giststated by GitHub
Attack paths
No attack technique, escalation or incident on ghtier goes through this yet.