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 ## Fine grained access token scopes
 
+**Note**: The user who owns the token must have admin access to the organisation or repository
+(so having a token with the necessary permissions is not enough).
+
 ### Organizational Runners
 
 The following are the permissions scopes required for the GitHub runners when registering as an