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Check if a user can be assigned to a issue

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

Check if a user can be assigned to a issue Checks if a user has permission to be assigned to a specific issue. If the assignee can be assigned to this issue, a 204 status code with no content is returned. Otherwise a 404 status code is… [GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/assignees/{assignee}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__issues_check_user_can_be_assigned_to_issue · read-only.

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.
assignee requiredstringassignee parameter

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_check_user_can_be_assigned_to_issue",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…",
    "issue_number": 0,
    "assignee": "…"
  }
}

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 check if a user can be assigned to a issue tool with owner set to ….

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