github-issues

Create, update, and manage GitHub issues with full workflow support including types, labels, assignees, and dependencies.

- Supports issue creation with type categorization (Bug, Feature, Task, etc.), labels, assignees, and milestones via gh api REST calls

- Read operations via MCP tools for fetching issue details, comments, labels, and cross-repository search

- Handles issue updates (title, body, state, labels, assignees) and includes templates for bug reports, feature requests, and tasks

- Extended capabilities for sub-issues, dependencies (blocked-by/blocking relationships), custom fields, and project board integration documented in reference files

GitHub Issues

Manage GitHub issues using the @modelcontextprotocol/server-github MCP server.

Available Tools

MCP Tools (read operations)

Tool
Purpose

mcp__github__issue_read
Read issue details, sub-issues, comments, labels (methods: get, get_comments, get_sub_issues, get_labels)

mcp__github__list_issues
List and filter repository issues by state, labels, date

mcp__github__search_issues
Search issues across repos using GitHub search syntax

mcp__github__projects_list
List projects, project fields, project items, status updates

mcp__github__projects_get
Get details of a project, field, item, or status update

mcp__github__projects_write
Add/update/delete project items, create status updates

CLI / REST API (write operations)