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Add labels to an issue

An MCP tool from the GitHub API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Add labels to an issue Adds labels to an issue. [POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels]

Name on the gateway: github_api__issues_add_labels · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`owner` required	`string`	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case…
`repo` required	`string`	The name of the repository without the .git extension. The…
`issue_number` required	`integer`	The number that identifies the issue.
`labels`	`array`	The labels to add to the issue's existing labels. You can also pass an array…

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments

{
  "name": "github_api__issues_add_labels",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…",
    "issue_number": 0
  }
}

Or connect the GitHub API server directly, which lists 1,221 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http hj-github-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/github-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Use the add labels to an issue tool with owner set to ….