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GitHub ACTION

Update Gist

Allows you to update a gist's description and to update, delete, or rename gist files. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • Destructive
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's GitHub account once, then configure and run Update 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-update-gist",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    github: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    gistId: "Gist Id",
    description: "Description",
  },
})

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.

Update Gist inputs
Property Type Description
gistId Gist Id string
The Gist Id to perform your action
Required Dynamic
description Description string
The description of the gist
Optional
files Files object
The gist files to be updated, renamed, or deleted. Each key must match the current filename (including extension) of the targeted gist file. For example: hello.py. To delete a file, set the whole file to null. For example: hello.py : null
Optional

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-update-gist
Version
0.0.18
App
GitHub
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
Yes
Open world
Yes