Add a comment
Comment on an issue or a pull request.
POST
/repos/{owner}/{name}/issues/{number}/commentsOn a pull request, give path and line to comment on one line of the change.
- Authentication: Required. Send an access token as
Authorization: Bearer. - MCP tool:
add_comment, with the same inputs
Path parameters
Section titled “Path parameters”| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
owner |
string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
name |
string | Yes | The repository’s name. |
number |
integer | Yes | The number shown after the #. Issues and pull requests share one sequence. |
Body parameters
Section titled “Body parameters”Send a JSON object. Names are snake_case, as in responses; the camelCase spelling is accepted too.
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
body |
string | Yes | Markdown. |
path |
string | No | On a pull request: the file to comment on. |
line |
integer | No | The line of that file, as numbered after the change. |
Example request
Section titled “Example request”curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/issues/12/comments \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "body": "Should an empty name fall back to \"world\"?" }'Example response
Section titled “Example response”A successful request answers 200 with:
{ "id": "cmt_01m43sv4c8e2g6j0m4q8t2x6a1", "kind": "comment", "author": { "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p", "username": "syntaqx", "kind": "user", "verified": true, "workspaces": [ { "slug": "flagon-io", "role": "owner" } ] }, "body": "Should an empty name fall back to \"world\"?", "path": null, "line": null, "verdict": null, "created_at": "2026-10-01T18:12:30.551Z"}Errors
Section titled “Errors”A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like {"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}. See errors.
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | unauthenticated |
A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | forbidden |
The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | not_found |
It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | conflict |
The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | invalid |
The input is not valid. message says which field and why. |