moderne-docs/references/github-permissions.md

GitHub permissions

Moderne.io uses a GitHub application to perform various actions on your behalf. Below is an explanation of those permissions and how they're uses by Moderne.io.

OAuth Permission

Moderne.io requires a select number of OAuth scopes necessary to help you transform your code.

Permission	Scope	Why do we need this
Repositories (Public)	Read/Write	We use this to create branches, create forks of public projects, and push changesets on your behalf.
Organizations and teams	Read-only	We use this to understand the organizations you belong to and your level of access within them.
Personal user data	Read-only	We use this to recognize your account as a new or returning user. Email and Profile included by default with OpenID Connect through OAuth.
Workflow	Read/Write	Recipes that alter GitHub Action workflow files require this scope to perform write operations.