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Create issue field for an organization

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

Create issue field for an organization Creates a new issue field for an organization. You can find out more about issue fields in Managing issue fields in an organization. To use this endpoint, the authenticated user must be an… [POST /orgs/{org}/issue-fields]

Name on the gateway: github_api__orgs_create_issue_field · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
org requiredstringThe organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
name requiredstringName of the issue field.
descriptionstringDescription of the issue field.
data_type requiredtext | date | single_select | multi_select | numberThe data type of the issue field.
visibilityorganization_members_only | allThe visibility of the issue field. Can be organization_members_only (visible…
optionsarrayOptions for select fields. Required when data_type is 'single_select' or…

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__orgs_create_issue_field",
  "arguments": {
    "org": "…",
    "name": "…",
    "data_type": "…"
  }
}

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 issue field for an organization tool with org set to ….

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