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Add a user to the default reviewers

PUT
/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/default-reviewers/{target_username}

Adds the specified user to the repository’s list of default reviewers.

This method is idempotent. Adding a user a second time has no effect.

Authorizations

Section titled “ Authorizations ”

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
repo_slug
required
string

This can either be the repository slug or the UUID of the repository, surrounded by curly-braces, for example: {repository UUID}.

target_username
required
string

This can either be the username or the UUID of the default reviewer, surrounded by curly-braces, for example: {account UUID}.

workspace
required
string

This can either be the workspace ID (slug) or the workspace UUID surrounded by curly-braces, for example: {workspace UUID}.

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

The specified user was successfully added to the default reviewers

Media type application/json
object
type
required
string
links
Account Links

Links related to an Account.

object
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
key
additional properties
any
created_on
string format: date-time
display_name
string
uuid
string
Example generated 
{
  "type": "example",
  "links": {
    "avatar": {
      "href": "https://example.com",
      "name": "example"
    }
  },
  "created_on": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
  "display_name": "example",
  "uuid": "example"
}

400

Section titled “ 400 ”

If the authenticated user tried to add a team, bot user, or user without access to the repository to the default reviewers

Media type application/json
Error

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object’s type. It also identifies the element as Swagger’s discriminator.

object
type
required
string
error
object
message
required
string
detail
string
data

Optional structured data that is endpoint-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
key
additional properties
any
Example generated 
{
  "type": "example",
  "error": {
    "message": "example",
    "detail": "example",
    "data": {}
  }
}

403

Section titled “ 403 ”

If the authenticated user does not have permission to modify the default reviewers

Media type application/json
Error

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object’s type. It also identifies the element as Swagger’s discriminator.

object
type
required
string
error
object
message
required
string
detail
string
data

Optional structured data that is endpoint-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
key
additional properties
any
Example generated 
{
  "type": "example",
  "error": {
    "message": "example",
    "detail": "example",
    "data": {}
  }
}

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

If the specified user does not exist

Media type application/json
Error

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object’s type. It also identifies the element as Swagger’s discriminator.

object
type
required
string
error
object
message
required
string
detail
string
data

Optional structured data that is endpoint-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
key
additional properties
any
Example generated 
{
  "type": "example",
  "error": {
    "message": "example",
    "detail": "example",
    "data": {}
  }
}