---
title: "Start an organization contributor scan"
method: POST
path: "/v1/github/org-contributors/trigger"
tags: ["GitHub"]
---

# Start an organization contributor scan

`POST /v1/github/org-contributors/trigger`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.fiber.ai`
- URL: `https://api.fiber.ai/v1/github/org-contributors/trigger`
- Auth: none declared

Scans an organization's public repositories and collects their contributors. Forks are skipped. At most 500 repositories are scanned, and at most the top 500 contributors of each repository are kept. Poll with the returned run id.

<span>⚡ <strong>Rate limit:</strong> 10 requests per 1 minute</span>

<span>💰 <strong>Cost:</strong> 1 credit per repository scanned&nbsp;<span title="Pricing shown is default pricing. Actual pricing may vary.">ⓘ</span></span>

<span>⏱ <strong>Recommended timeout:</strong> 1 minute&nbsp;<span title="Recommended timeout: set your HTTP client timeout to at least 1 minute for this endpoint.">ⓘ</span></span>

## Request body

- object
  - `apiKey` string, required: Your Fiber API key
  - `orgUrl` string, required: Organization to scan. Accepts a URL (for example 'https://github.com/tenstorrent' or 'https://github.com/orgs/tenstorrent') or a login.
  - `maxRepos` integer, nullable: How many public repositories to scan, most recently pushed first. Defaults to 100. Forks are skipped and do not count toward this limit.

## Response `200`

Default Response

- object
  - `output` object, required
    - `runId` string, required: Identifier to pass when polling for this scan.
    - `reposSelected` number, required: Public non-fork repositories selected for this scan. This is the billed quantity.
  - `chargeInfo` union, required
    - object: Credits were charged immediately for this operation
      - `method` 'charged-now', required
      - `creditsCharged` number, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable: Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required: URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required: Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required: Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object: Credits will be charged after the operation completes
      - `method` 'charging-later', required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable: Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required: URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required: Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required: Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object: Credits that were charged for an asynchronous operation
      - `method` 'charged-for-async-process', required
      - `creditsCharged` number, required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable: Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required: URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required: Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required: Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object: No credits were charged for this operation
      - `method` 'free', required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable: Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required: URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required: Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required: Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object: Credits were refunded for this operation
      - `method` 'credits-refunded', required
      - `creditsRefunded` number, required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable: Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required: URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required: Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required: Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
  - `warnings` object[], nullable: Warnings about extraneous fields in request
    - `field` string, required: Full path to extraneous field (e.g., 'searchParams.ExtraField')
    - `message` string, required: Warning message
  - `advice` string[], nullable: Tips, recommendations, and suggestions for using this API effectively.

## Other responses

- `400`: Default Response
- `401`: Default Response
- `402`: Default Response
- `403`: Default Response
- `404`: Default Response
- `422`: Default Response
- `429`: Default Response
- `500`: Default Response
- `503`: Default Response

## Changes

- **2026-10-27** `a15af2897f6b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/fiber/apis/fiber-ai-api/changes/v1/github/org-contributors/trigger/post.md)

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