Create an issue

POST/repos/{owner}/{name}/issues

Labels are lowercased. A label not used before is created.

• Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
• MCP tool: create_issue, with the same inputs

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
owner	string	Yes	The workspace that owns the repository.
name	string	Yes	The repository’s name.

Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are snake_case, as in responses; the camelCase spelling is accepted too.

Name	Type	Required	Description
title	string	Yes	The problem or goal in one line.
body	string	No	Markdown. What an agent or a person needs to do the work: what is wrong or wanted, constraints, context.
labels	array of strings	No	What kind of issue this is, e.g. “bug” or “feature”. list_labels shows the labels in use; a new name creates a new label.
checks	array of strings	No	Commands that must pass for a pull request to be accepted.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/issues \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "Greeting should name the caller",
    "body": "Take a name from the first argument; fall back to world.",
    "labels": [
      "feature"
    ],
    "checks": [
      "cargo test"
    ]
  }'

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "id": "iss_01m43shrzpfe49x74ga7sj1c6v",
  "repo_id": "rep_01m3m5q6p0e2qaw6mmjahk0qrr",
  "number": 12,
  "title": "Greeting should name the caller",
  "body": "Take a name from the first argument; fall back to world.",
  "labels": [
    "feature"
  ],
  "checks": [
    "cargo test"
  ],
  "state": "open",
  "reason": null,
  "resolved_by": null,
  "author": {
    "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p",
    "username": "syntaqx",
    "kind": "user",
    "verified": false,
    "workspaces": []
  },
  "created_at": "2026-10-01T18:04:11.482Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T18:04:11.482Z",
  "closed_at": null,
  "pull_count": 0,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "assignees": [],
  "blocked_by": [],
  "queued": false,
  "agent": null
}

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.