Star Repository on GitHub

In this guide you will connect your GitHub account to ByteChef and automate starring a repository. You will create a project, add a workflow to it, configure the GitHub Star Repository action, and run it.

Step 3 asks for a GitHub Client ID and Client Secret. If you do not have them yet, create an OAuth app first — see Connect your GitHub account at the end of this guide.

Create a project

A project is the container that holds your workflows.

Open the Projects page and click Create Project — the button reads New Project once you already have projects.

Enter a project name. Optionally add a description, choose a category, and add tags. Then click Save.

The Create Project dialog with a name and description filled in

Create a workflow

On your new project's row, click + Workflow.

The chevron next to + Workflow opens additional creation options, such as importing an existing workflow definition.

Enter a label for the workflow and an optional description, then click Save. ByteChef opens the new workflow in the editor.

The Create Workflow dialog with a label and description filled in

Add the GitHub component

In the workflow editor, click the + button to add a component.

A new workflow in the editor, showing the Manual trigger and the + button

Search for and select the GitHub component, then choose the Star Repository action.

The component picker filtered to GitHub

With GitHub selected, its actions are listed on the right.

The GitHub action list, including Star Repository

Open the Connection tab and click Create Connection.

The GitHub node's Connection tab with a connection selected

Enter a connection name, paste the Client ID and Client Secret from your GitHub OAuth app, and click Next. Then click Connect and authorize ByteChef in the GitHub window that opens.

The Create Connection dialog for GitHub, with Name, Client id and Client secret fields

Back in the Connection tab, click Choose Connection and select the connection you just created.

Switch to the Properties tab and fill in the repository you want to star:

User/Organization — the account that owns the repository, for example bytechefhq
Repository — the repository name, for example bytechef

The Star Repository action's Properties tab, filled in with bytechefhq and bytechef

Test the workflow

Click Test to run the workflow. ByteChef executes the Star Repository action against the repository you configured.

The test run panel showing a DONE status and the executed Star Repository task

The Output tab reads No output data, which is expected — GitHub's star endpoint returns an empty 204 No Content response. The green DONE badge and the task's green check are what tell you the call succeeded.

Verify the result by opening the Stars tab on your GitHub profile — the repository you configured now appears there.

Connect your GitHub account

The GitHub connection in step 3 authenticates through an OAuth app that you own. Create one as follows.

In the left sidebar, click Developer settings, then OAuth Apps, then New OAuth App.

Fill in the application details:

Field	Value
Application name	A name for your app, for example `Test App`
Homepage URL	Your application's homepage, for example `https://www.bytechef.io/`
Authorization callback URL	Where GitHub returns users after authorization, for example `http://127.0.0.1:5173/callback`

Then click Register application.

Click Generate a new client secret, then copy both the Client ID and the Client Secret — you will paste them into ByteChef in step 3.

GitHub shows the client secret only once. Copy it before leaving the page.