# chainctl guardener github link

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Last Modified: October 15, 2026
Tags: chainctl, Reference, Product

## chainctl guardener github link

Link a GitHub organization to a Chainguard group.

### Synopsis

Link a GitHub organization to a Chainguard group.

Requires that you are an owner of both the Chainguard group (the
guardener.association.manage capability) and the GitHub organization. A browser
window opens to authorize with GitHub; the guardener GitHub App must already be
installed on the organization.

```
chainctl guardener github link [flags]
```

### Options

```
      --github-org string   GitHub account login to link (an organization, or your own user).
      --parent string       Name or UIDP of the Chainguard group to link to. Prompts interactively if omitted.
      --port int            Local loopback port for the GitHub OAuth callback. (default 8989)
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --api string         The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --audience string    The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --config string      A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
      --console string     The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
      --force-color        Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
  -h, --help               Help for chainctl
      --issuer string      The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
      --log-level string   Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
  -o, --output string      Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
  -v, --v int              Set the log verbosity level.
```

### SEE ALSO

* [chainctl guardener github](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_guardener_github/)	 - Link and unlink a GitHub organization to a Chainguard group.