# chainctl iam identities create github

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Last Modified: April 20, 2026
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 chainctl iam identities create github chainctl iam identities create github NAME --github-repo=REPO [--github-ref=REF] [--github-audience=AUD] [--parent=PARENT] [--description=DESC] [--role=ROLE,ROLE,...] [--output=id|json|table] Examples # Create a GitHub Actions identity for any branch in a repo chainctl iam identities create github my-gha-identity --github-repo=my-org/repo-name --parent=eng-org # Create a GitHub Actions identity for a given branch in a repo and bind to a role chainctl iam identities create github my-gha-identity --github-repo=my-org/repo-name --github-ref=refs/heads/test-branch --role=owner Options -d, --description string The description of the resource. --github-audience string The audience for the GitHub OIDC token --github-ref string The branch reference for the executing action (optional). --github-repo string The name of a GitHub repo where the action executes. -n, --name string Given name of the resource. --parent string The name or id of the parent location to create this identity under. --role strings A comma separated list of names or IDs of roles to bind this identity to (optional). -y, --yes Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run non-interactively. Options inherited from parent commands --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly. --console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev") --force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY. -h, --help Help for chainctl --issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev") --log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR") -o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide] -v, --v int Set the log verbosity level. SEE ALSO chainctl iam identities create	- Create a new identity.