create_issue — GitHub MCP Tool Mutating
create_issue
(create issue) is one of 10 tools on the
GitHub
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call create_issue from your client
- Claude Code GitHub create_issue run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop GitHub create_issue ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor GitHub create_issue ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code GitHub create_issue .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed GitHub create_issue ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf GitHub create_issue ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http github-mcp-server https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/Other tools on this server
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.