Work board

1. Create a private repository for your notes

   One repository that holds nothing but your notes. The board writes a single file into it. Call it work-board-data, and set Visibility to Private.

   Create work-board-data

2. Create a fine-grained token

   GitHub's form asks you three things. Here is the answer to each one.

   Repository access

   Choose Only select repositories, then select both:

   • work-board-data, the repository you just created
   • every repository whose issues you want on the board

   This is the step people skip. If work-board-data is not in that list, the board can read your issues and cannot save a single note.

   Repository permissions

   Set these three. Leave every other permission alone.

   Expiration

   Pick a date. 90 days is a good default: a token that never expires is one you cannot lose track of.

   Open GitHub's token form

3. Paste the token here

   Token

   GitHub shows it once, when you create it. Copy it before you leave that page.

   Name of the repository you created in step 1

   Connect

   The token stays in this browser and is sent only to GitHub. Anything else with access to this browser can read it, so keep it scoped to the repositories you need and give it an expiry date.

Sign out and forget the token