GH_TOKEN not work

[kerthcet]

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This is how I use the GH_TOKEN:

on:
  issue_comment:
    types:
      - created
      # Ignore update for now
      # - edited
  pull_request:
    types:
      - labeled
      - unlabeled
      - synchronize

env:
  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AGENT_TOKEN }}

jobs:
  on-new-push:
    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'synchronize'
  on-comments:
    if: github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && github.event.action == 'created'
  on-label-updates:
    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.action == 'labeled' || github.event.action == 'unlabeled')

I set an org secret with the key of AGENT_TOKEN, however, only the job on-comments can work, other two jobs will report error like:

  shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
  env:
    GH_TOKEN: 
gh: To use GitHub CLI in a GitHub Actions workflow, set the GH_TOKEN environment variable. Example:
  env:
    GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

It's so weird. Any advices or solutions? Thanks a lot.

[kerthcet]

Maybe it's because the token has no access to the user repo? This is a forked repo, want wants to merge into the target repo.

[kerthcet]

When I use GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}, the GH_TOKEN has values then.

[kerthcet]

TL;DR:

• when using customized token - AGENT_TOKEN, the GH_TOKEN has no values
• when using GITHUB_TOKEN, GH_TOKEN has values, but has no permission, I set the permission: write-all, but doesn't work.

Seems both are because of we're operating the forked branches.

[kerthcet]