anthropics / anthropics/claude-code-action

Default actions installed by` /install-github-app` had too broad permissions

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Description

## Description

When I installed Claude Code Review and Claude workflows:

In `claude.yml`:

```yaml
if: |
(github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
(github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
(github.event_name == 'pull_request_review' && contains(github.event.review.body, '@claude')) ||
(github.event_name == 'issues' && (contains(github.event.issue.body, '@claude') || contains(github.event.issue.title, '@claude')))
```

This job runs for any issue/PR comment containing @claude and does not check the commenter’s association or permissions. In a public repo (or any repo where outsiders can comment), that means any user can trigger runs that use `secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN`, which can lead to unauthorized usage and unexpected cost.

## Reproduction Steps

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Create a repo on Github, then go through the normal `/install-github-app` flow.

## Expected Behavior

We should consider gating on `github.event.comment.author_association` / `github.actor` or restricting to write-access members before invoking the action.

## Workflow yml file

Here is a corrected version:

```yaml
name: Claude Code

on:
issue_comment:
types: [created]
pull_request_review_comment:
types: [created]
issues:
types: [opened, assigned]
pull_request_review:
types: [submitted]

jobs:
claude:
# Only run for trusted users (MEMBER, OWNER, COLLABORATOR)
if: |
(github.event_name == 'issue_comment' &&
contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER", "COLLABORATOR"]'), github.event.comment.author_association) &&
contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
(github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment' &&
contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER", "COLLABORATOR"]'), github.event.comment.author_association) &&
contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
(github.event_name == 'pull_request_review' &&
contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER", "COLLABORATOR"]'), github.event.review.author_association) &&
contains(github.event.review.body, '@claude')) ||
(github.event_name == 'issues' &&
contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER", "COLLABORATOR"]'), github.event.issue.author_association) &&
(contains(github.event.issue.body, '@claude') || contains(github.event.issue.title, '@claude')))
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
pull-requests: read
issues: read
id-token: write
actions: read # Required for Claude to read CI results on PRs
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 1

- name: Run Claude Code
id: claude
uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1
with:
claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}

# This is an optional setting that allows Claude to read CI results on PRs
additional_permissions: |
actions: read

# Optional: Give a custom prompt to Claude. If this is not specified, Claude will perform the instructions specified in the comment that tagged it.
# prompt: 'Update the pull request description to include a summary of changes.'

# Optional: Add claude_args to customize behavior and configuration
# See https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/blob/main/docs/usage.md
# or https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference for available options
# claude_args: '--allowed-tools Bash(gh pr:*)'

```

## API Provider

[x] Anthropic First-Party API (default)
[ ] AWS Bedrock
[ ] GCP Vertex

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