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Request new `github-bot` token for `nodejs/node`

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, github-actions

Research direction

Start with the issue body and the referenced nodejs/node pull request comment. Review the proposed permission scope in the attached image and the alternative umbrella read-only token, then confirm the maintainers' decision and whether the requested token has been provisioned.

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Description

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Request permission to add another github-bot token on nodejs/node (ref https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34739#issuecomment-672298800). I think it only needs the following permissions:

image

Requesting a separate token as it provides more granularity over the permissions of each Action. If folks think we should just have a Token with umbrella read-only permissions it works for me too.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
202
Forks
183
Avg merge
13d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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