repos

Create an organization repository ruleset

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Create a repository ruleset for an organization.

post/orgs/{org}/rulesets

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.github.com
  • URL: https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/rulesets
  • Auth: none declared

Path parameters

orgstring required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Request body

namestring required

The name of the ruleset.

target'branch' | 'tag' | 'push' | 'repository'

The target of the ruleset

enforcement'disabled' | 'active' | 'evaluate' required

The enforcement level of the ruleset. evaluate allows admins to test rules before enforcing them. Admins can view insights on the Rule Insights page (evaluate is only available with GitHub Enterprise).

Response

Response

idinteger required

The ID of the ruleset

namestring required

The name of the ruleset

target'branch' | 'tag' | 'push' | 'repository'

The target of the ruleset

source_type'Repository' | 'Organization' | 'Enterprise'

The type of the source of the ruleset

sourcestring required

The name of the source

enforcement'disabled' | 'active' | 'evaluate' required

The enforcement level of the ruleset. evaluate allows admins to test rules before enforcing them. Admins can view insights on the Rule Insights page (evaluate is only available with GitHub Enterprise).

current_user_can_bypass'always' | 'pull_requests_only' | 'never' | 'exempt'

The bypass type of the user making the API request for this ruleset. This field is only returned when querying the repository-level endpoint.

node_idstring
created_atstring date-time
updated_atstring date-time

Changes

  • 2026-03-106ea91bcbb8e2Revision changes
    • breaking

      added to the / response property oneOf list for the response status