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Create a milestone

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

Create a milestone Creates a milestone. [POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/milestones]

Name on the gateway: github_api__issues_create_milestone · 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…
title requiredstringThe title of the milestone.
stateopen | closedThe state of the milestone. Either open or closed.
descriptionstringA description of the milestone.
due_onstringThe milestone due date. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format…

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_create_milestone",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…",
    "title": "…"
  }
}

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 create a milestone tool with owner set to ….

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