diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/toolkit.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/toolkit.ts
index 700c921b..620757f7 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/toolkit.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/toolkit.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ export class Toolkit {
    */
   readonly exit: Exit = new Exit(this.logger)
 
+  /**
+   * The authentication token for the GitHub API
+   */
+  readonly token: string = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN || ''
+
   /**
    * Wrap a Signale logger so that its a callable class
    */