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@@ -6,16 +6,23 @@ Create a new issue using a github-actions user as the author. These will be crea
 
 **workflow.yml**
 ```yml
-steps:
-  - name: Create issue
-    uses: silverstripe/gha-issue@v1
-    with:
-      title: My issue title
-      description: |
-        This text will appear in the body of the GitHub issue\n
-        \n
-        You can add line breaks\n
-        \n
-        ## My heading\n
-        - Markdown is supported\n
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  createissue:
+    # ...
+    permissions:
+      issue: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Create issue
+        uses: silverstripe/gha-issue@v1
+        with:
+          title: My issue title
+          description: |
+            This text will appear in the body of the GitHub issue\n
+            \n
+            You can add line breaks\n
+            \n
+            ## My heading\n
+            - Markdown is supported\n
 ```