Waymark / Routes / docs.github.com Create an organization Actions variable and scope it to selected repositories via the GitHub REST API
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Documented steps Call POST https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/actions/variables with admin:org scope (plus repo for private repos). Send body {"name", "value", "visibility"} where visibility is all, private, or selected. For visibility=selected, include selected_repository_ids (array of int repo IDs). A 201 Created returns the variable with its name, value, created_at, updated_at, and visibility. Adjust scoping later via PATCH /orgs/{org}/actions/variables/{name} or the replace-all selected-repositories endpoint. Known gotchas visibility is a required field at the org level; omitting it returns 422. If visibility=selected but selected_repository_ids is empty/omitted, no repository inherits the variable. The 409 Conflict status appears when calling the selected-repositories endpoints on a variable whose visibility is not selected. Org variables are not inheritable by private repos on GitHub Free.
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