--- title: "Connect GitHub to Okta - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Branch\" fires in GitHub, your agent runs \"Add User to Group\" in Okta." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-okta" --- # Connect GitHub to Okta When **New Branch** fires in [GitHub](https://apiant.ai/connections/github), your agent runs **Add User to Group** in [Okta](https://apiant.ai/connections/okta). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. GitHub **15** triggers GitHub **19** actions Okta **22** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want GitHub and Okta to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What GitHub can start in Okta - When **New Branch** in GitHub then **Add User to Group** in Okta - When **New Collaborator** in GitHub then **Create User** in Okta Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with GitHub and Okta ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 41 actions - Trigger **Issue Closed** Triggers when an issue in a repository is closed. - Trigger **New Branch** Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Collaborator** Triggers when a new collaborator is added to a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Commit** Triggers when a new commit is pushed to a GitHub repository's default branch. - Trigger **New Commit Comment** Triggers when someone comments on a commit in a repository. - Trigger **New Gist** Triggers when you create a new gist on GitHub. - Trigger **New Global Event** Triggers when a new public event happens anywhere on GitHub, such as a push, fork, or new issue. - Trigger **New Issue** Triggers when a new issue is created in a repository. - Trigger **New Label** Triggers when a new label is added to a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Milestone** Triggers when a new milestone is created in a repository. - Trigger **New Pull Request** Triggers when a new pull request is opened in a repository. - Trigger **New Release** Triggers when a new release is published in a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Repo Event** Triggers when new activity (pushes, issues, pull requests, releases and more) happens in a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Repository** Triggers when a new public repository appears under a GitHub user or organization. - Trigger **New Watcher** Triggers when someone starts watching a repository. - Action **Add Labels to Issue** Adds labels to an issue or pull request in a GitHub repository, keeping its existing labels. - Action **Check Organization Membership** Checks whether a GitHub user is a member of an organization and returns true or false. - Action **Create Branch** Creates a new branch in a repository, starting from the commit you choose. - Action **Create Comment** Adds a comment to an issue or pull request in a GitHub repository. - Action **Create Gist** Creates a new gist with one file on the connected GitHub account. - Action **Create Issue** Creates a new issue in a GitHub repository. - Action **Create or Update File** Creates a new file in a repository, or replaces an existing file's contents, as a commit. - Action **Create Pull Request** Opens a pull request asking to merge one branch into another. - Action **Delete Branch** Deletes a branch from a repository. Any open pull request from that branch is closed. - Action **Find Branch** Finds a branch in a GitHub repository by name and returns its latest commit and protection status. - Action **Find Issue** Finds an issue in a GitHub repository by its number and returns its title, body, state, author and labels. - Action **Find Organization** Finds a GitHub organization by its login and returns its profile details. - Action **Find Pull Request** Finds a pull request in a GitHub repository by its number and returns its title, state, branches and merge status. - Action **Find Repository** Returns a GitHub repository by its owner and name, including its description, visibility, default branch and counts. - Action **Find User** Finds a GitHub user by username and returns their public profile. - Action **Get File Contents** Returns a file from a GitHub repository, with its base64-encoded content, at the default branch or a chosen branch, tag or commit. - Action **Submit Review** Submits a review on a pull request: approve it, request changes, or leave a review comment. - Action **Update Issue** Updates an existing issue in a GitHub repository, such as its title, text, state, labels or assignees. - Action **Update Pull Request** Changes a pull request's title, description, target branch, or open/closed state. - Action **Activate User** Activates a staged or deprovisioned Okta user and returns their activation link and token. Activation emails the user unless turned off. - Action **Add group** Creates a new Okta-managed group with a name, an optional description, and any custom group profile attributes defined in your org. - Action **Add User to Group** Adds an existing Okta user to an Okta-managed group. - Action **Assign user to application** Assigns an existing Okta user to an application, optionally setting their app username, password and app profile. Returns the resulting application user. - Action **Create User** Creates a new user in your Okta org, with or without credentials, and returns the new user's id and status. - Action **Deactivate User** Deactivates an Okta user, deprovisioning them from all assigned apps. This cannot be undone by the deactivation itself and may destroy the user's data in those apps. - Action **Delete group** Permanently deletes a group from your Okta org by its ID. - Action **Delete user** Permanently deletes a deactivated Okta user. If the user is still active, this deactivates them instead, and running it a second time deletes them. - Action **Find Group by Name** Returns the Okta groups whose name matches the name you specify, either exactly or by a partial match. - Action **Find User by Email** Returns the Okta users whose primary email matches the email you specify, including deprovisioned users. - Action **Get group** Returns one Okta group by its id, including its profile name, description and any custom attributes. - Action **Get user** Returns one Okta user, including their status, timestamps, credentials summary, and standard and custom profile attributes. An error occurs if the user is not found. - Action **List applications** Returns the applications in your Okta org, optionally narrowed by a name or label prefix or a filter expression. - Action **List group members** Returns the users who are members of an Okta group, with their profiles, including any custom attributes. Results can be narrowed with a search expression. - Action **List groups** Returns the groups in your Okta organization, optionally narrowed by a search, filter or name match. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your Okta organization, optionally narrowed by a search, filter or name query. - Action **Remove User From Group** Removes a user from a group managed directly in Okta. The user account itself is not changed. - Action **Reset user password** Starts a password reset for an Okta user and either emails them the reset link or returns the link. The user moves to Recovery status and can't sign in until they finish the reset. - Action **Suspend User** Suspends an active Okta user so they can't sign in, while keeping their group and app assignments. Suspended users can later be unsuspended or deactivated. - Action **Unsuspend user** Unsuspends a suspended Okta user and returns them to the Active state. - Action **Update group** Updates the name, description or custom attributes of an Okta-managed group. Anything left blank keeps its current value. - Action **Update user** Updates an existing Okta user's profile, including custom profile attributes, or credentials. Fields left blank keep their current values. ## Each app on its own - [ **GitHub** GitHub is the perfect place to share code and work collaboratively on private and open source software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/github) - [ **Okta** Okta helps companies manage and secure user authentication into modern applications, and for developers to...](https://apiant.ai/connections/okta) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from GitHub - [ **GitHub to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-hubspot) - [ **GitHub to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-salesforce) - [ **GitHub to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-slack) - [ **GitHub to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-google-sheets) - [ **GitHub to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-gmail) - [ **GitHub to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-google-calendar) ## More into Okta - [ **HubSpot to Okta** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-okta) - [ **Salesforce to Okta** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-okta) - [ **Slack to Okta** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-okta) - [ **Google Sheets to Okta** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-okta) - [ **Gmail to Okta** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-okta) - [ **Google Calendar to Okta** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-okta) Questions ## GitHub and Okta, answered ### ### What can start an automation from GitHub? Any of GitHub's 15 triggers in the catalog, including New Branch, New Collaborator, New Commit and New Commit Comment. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Okta when something happens in GitHub? Any of Okta's 22 actions, including Create User, Update group, Update user and Activate User. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Okta to GitHub? Okta has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in GitHub. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Okta's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for GitHub or Okta? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use GitHub and Okta without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.