Returns an automation by ID without requiring repository context when its created_by user is the authenticated caller and the caller can read its repository. This includes both user-owned and repository-owned automations created by the caller but excludes repository-owned automations created by someone else even if the caller has write access to the repository.

Use the repository-scoped get operation for those automations. The response includes repository identity so clients can link back to the repository.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get an automation by ID"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have one of the following permission sets for each repository accessed by this request:

"Agent tasks" repository permissions (read)
"Contents" repository permissions (read)

The required permission set depends on each repository's Automation permission configuration.

GitHub App installation access tokens are not supported for this endpoint.

agent-automations