organization-custom-repository-role is a JSON Structure definition published by GitHub, describing 8 properties, of which 7 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/github/refs/heads/main/json-structure/github-organizations-organization-custom-repository-role-structure.json",
"name": "organization-custom-repository-role",
"description": "Custom repository roles created by organization owners",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "The unique identifier of the custom role.",
"type": "int32",
"example": 42
},
"name": {
"description": "The name of the custom role.",
"type": "string",
"example": "octocat"
},
"description": {
"description": "A short description about who this role is for or what permissions it grants.",
"type": "string",
"nullable": true,
"example": "This is an example repository"
},
"base_role": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The system role from which this role inherits permissions.",
"enum": [
"read",
"triage",
"write",
"maintain"
],
"example": "read"
},
"permissions": {
"description": "A list of additional permissions included in this role.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"organization": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/simple-user"
},
"created_at": {
"type": "datetime",
"example": "2026-04-17T12:00:00Z"
},
"updated_at": {
"type": "datetime",
"example": "2026-04-17T12:00:00Z"
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"name",
"base_role",
"permissions",
"organization",
"created_at",
"updated_at"
]
}
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