GitHub: Create a commit status

GitHub repos.reposCreateCommitStatus: arguments, response, policy and SDK examples.

Operation github.repos_create_commit_status

Provider route: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/statuses/{sha}. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/github with npm, or alter-sdk-github with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { GitHubIntegration } from "@alter-ai/github";

async function execute(input: Parameters<GitHubIntegration["repos"]["reposCreateCommitStatus"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new GitHubIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.repos.reposCreateCommitStatus(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_github import GitHubIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = GitHubIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.repos.repos_create_commit_status(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
`path`	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
`path.owner`	string	Required within parent
`path.repo`	string	Required within parent
`path.sha`	string	Required within parent
`body`	object	Required within parent
`body.context`	string	Optional	A string label to differentiate this status from the status of other systems. This field is case-insensitive. Default: default
`body.description`	JSON	Optional
`body.description (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative	A short description of the status.
`body.description (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`body.state`	string	Required within parent	The state of the status. One of: error, failure, pending, success
`body.target_url`	JSON	Optional
`body.target_url (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative	The target URL to associate with this status. This URL will be linked from the GitHub UI to allow users to easily see the source of the status. For example, if your continuous integration system is posting build status, you would want to provide the deep link for the build output for this specific SHA: `http://ci.example.com/user/repo/build/sha`
`body.target_url (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	Model	Root	Expand Create a commit status — response body

Referenced models: Create a commit status — response body

Schemas

Create a commit status — response body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	object	Root	The status of a commit.
`avatar_url`	JSON	Required within parent
`avatar_url (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`avatar_url (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`context`	string	Required within parent
`created_at`	string	Required within parent
`creator`	Model	Required within parent	Expand Get an issue — response body — user
`description`	JSON	Required within parent
`description (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`description (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`id`	JSON	Required within parent
`id (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`id (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`node_id`	string	Required within parent
`state`	string	Required within parent
`target_url`	JSON	Required within parent
`target_url (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`target_url (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`updated_at`	string	Required within parent
`url`	string	Required within parent

Referenced models: Get an issue — response body — user

Get an issue — response body — user

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	JSON	Root
`$ (anyOf 1)`	Model	Alternative	Expand Get an issue — response body — user A Git Hub user
`$ (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative

Referenced models: Get an issue — response body — user A Git Hub user

Get an issue — response body — user A Git Hub user

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	object	Root	A GitHub user.
`avatar_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`email`	JSON	Optional
`email (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`email (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`events_url`	string	Required within parent
`followers_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`following_url`	string	Required within parent
`gists_url`	string	Required within parent
`gravatar_id`	JSON	Required within parent
`gravatar_id (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`gravatar_id (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`html_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`id`	JSON	Required within parent
`id (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative	Format: int64
`id (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`login`	string	Required within parent
`name`	JSON	Optional
`name (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`name (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`node_id`	string	Required within parent
`organizations_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`received_events_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`repos_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`site_admin`	boolean	Required within parent
`starred_at`	string	Optional
`starred_url`	string	Required within parent
`subscriptions_url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`type`	string	Required within parent
`url`	string	Required within parent	Format: uri
`user_view_type`	string	Optional

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: github.repos_create_commit_status. Catalog operation: repos/create-commit-status. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Pinned headers: {"X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2026-03-10", "User-Agent": "Alter", "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json"}

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