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Claude.ai access to private github repo

Users report that Claude.ai cannot access private GitHub repositories through its connector, which only lists public repos, while Claude Code has full access. The issue stems from the connector's permission scope, and a solution involves granting the Claude.ai GitHub app read-only access to the specific private repository.

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Claude.ai access to private github repo
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Claude.ai is facing an issue accessing a private github repo, the connector can see only public repos but not private, whats the solution to get claude to access it read only? claude code works fine and has full access

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