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Add a related issue

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

Add a related issue You can use the REST API to mark an issue as related to another issue. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see Rate limits… [POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/relates_to]

Name on the gateway: github_api__issues_add_relates_to · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
owner requiredstringThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case…
repo requiredstringThe name of the repository without the .git extension. The…
issue_number requiredintegerThe number that identifies the issue.
issue_id requiredintegerThe id of the issue to mark as related to the current issue

How to call it

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_relates_to",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…",
    "issue_number": 0,
    "issue_id": 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"

Try asking

Use the add a related issue tool with owner set to ….

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