---
title: "Set the scopes for a pull request (deprecated, use PUT)"
method: POST
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repository}/pulls/{number}/scopes"
tags: ["pull_requests"]
deprecated: true
---

# Set the scopes for a pull request (deprecated, use PUT)

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repository}/pulls/{number}/scopes`

> **Deprecated.**

Deprecated: use PUT on `/repos/{owner}/{repository}/commits/{sha}/scopes` instead.

## Path parameters

- `number` integer, required — The pull request number
- `owner` string, required — The owner of the repository
- `repository` string, required — The name of the repository

## Request body

- ScopesBody
  - `scopes` string[], required
  - `all_scopes` boolean

## Response `204`

Successful Response

## Other responses

- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not found
- `409` — Conflict
- `422` — Unprocessable entity

## Changes

- **2026-08-13** `29857c6146cf` — 3 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `CIApplicationKey` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `ApplicationAuth` was removed from the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `GitHubTokenBearerAuth` was removed from the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/mergify/apis/mergify-api/changes/repos/:owner/:repository/pulls/:number/scopes/post.md)

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