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console.log(`Hello ${FIRST_NAME} ${LAST_NAME}`)
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### Using a separate GitHub token

The `GITHUB_TOKEN` used by default is scoped to the current repository, see [Authentication in a workflow](https://docs.github.com/actions/reference/authentication-in-a-workflow).

If you need access to a different repository or an API that the `GITHUB_TOKEN` doesn't have permissions to, you can provide your own [PAT](https://help.github.com/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line) as a secret using the `github-token` input.

[Learn more about creating and using encrypted secrets](https://docs.github.com/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets)

```yaml
on:
issues:
types: [opened]

jobs:
apply-label:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/github-script@v4
with:
github-token: ${{ secrets.MY_PAT }}
script: |
github.issues.addLabels({
issue_number: context.issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
labels: ['Triage']
})
```