# GitHub Issue Fetcher

> Use this tool when you need to fetch and utilize GitHub issues as task descriptions for AI-powered project management, bug tracking, or collaborative coding applications. It solves problems related to automated task prioritization, issue summarization, and development workflow analysis by providing a standardized interface to retrieve issue details from public GitHub repositories. The tool takes repository and issue identifiers as input and outputs structured task data, including title, description, and source URL.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/sammcj-github-issue  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sammcj-github-issue

## Description

This MCP GitHub Issue server, developed by Sam McLeod, provides LLMs with the ability to fetch and use GitHub issues as task descriptions. Built with TypeScript using the Model Context Protocol SDK and Octokit, it offers a 'get_issue_task' tool to retrieve issue details from public GitHub repositories without authentication. The server parses issue data into a structured task format including title, description, and source URL. By abstracting GitHub issue interactions into a standardized MCP interface, it enables AI systems to easily work with real-world software development tasks. This implementation is particularly useful for applications involving project management, bug tracking, and collaborative coding, facilitating use cases such as automated task prioritization, issue summarization, and development workflow analysis.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** version-control
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/sammcj-github-issue)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sammcj/mcp-github-issue>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "sammcj-github-issue"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sammcj-github-issue` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sammcj-github-issue/pull`

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