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GitHub ACTION

Create Gist

Allows you to add a new gist with one or more files. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's GitHub account once, then configure and run Create Gist from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "github-create-gist",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    github: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    description: "Description",
    files: "Files",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Gist inputs
Property Type Description
description Description string
The description of the gist
Required
files Files object
The files that will be added to the gist. The key is the file name and the value is the content of the file. Ex: {"file1.txt": "content of file 1", "file2.txt": "content of file 2"}
Required
public Public boolean
Indicates whether the gist is public or not
Required

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
github-create-gist
Version
0.0.18
App
GitHub
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes