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Rerequest reviewers for a pull request

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

Rerequest reviewers for a pull request Rerequests reviews for a pull request from a given set of users and/or teams. This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate… [POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/requested_reviewers/rerequest]

Name on the gateway: github_api__pulls_rerequest_reviewers · 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…
pull_number requiredintegerThe number that identifies the pull request.
reviewers requiredarrayAn array of user logins whose reviews will be rerequested.
team_reviewersarrayAn array of team slugs whose reviews will be rerequested.

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__pulls_rerequest_reviewers",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…",
    "pull_number": 0,
    "reviewers": []
  }
}

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 rerequest reviewers for a pull request tool with owner set to ….

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