list_issues — GitHub MCP Tool Read-only
list_issues
(list issues) 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 list_issues from your client
- Claude Code GitHub list_issues run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop GitHub list_issues ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor GitHub list_issues ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code GitHub list_issues .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed GitHub list_issues ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf GitHub list_issues ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline GitHub list_issues ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI GitHub list_issues ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok GitHub list_issues .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT GitHub list_issues Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai GitHub list_issues Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain GitHub list_issues pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
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.