Guides

Quickly build a GitHub App that comments on pull requests.

Learn the foundations for extending and building new GitHub Apps.

Learn how to build a GitHub App that makes an API request in response to a webhook event.

Follow this tutorial to write Ruby code to generate a user access token via the web application flow for your GitHub App.

Follow this tutorial to write a CLI in Ruby that generates a user access token for a GitHub App via the device flow.

Learn how to set up your app to listen for events and use the Octokit library to perform REST API operations.

You can use an installation access token from a GitHub App to make authenticated API requests in a GitHub Actions workflow. You can also pass the token to a custom action to enable the action to make authenticated API requests.

Build a continuous integration server to run tests using a GitHub App and the Checks API.

Learn about the advantages of migrating your OAuth App to a GitHub App, and learn how to migrate your OAuth App.