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A repository's labels, by name: each one's color (six hex digits), description, and how many issues and pull requests carry it.

GET/repos/{owner}/{name}/labels

A new repository starts with bug, documentation, duplicate, enhancement, good first issue, help wanted, invalid, question, wontfix, dependencies and security.

By name. A new repository starts with the default labels; add_default_labels adds those an older one is missing.

  • Authentication: Optional. Public data can be read without a token; send one to see what is private.
  • MCP tool: repository with action list_labels, and the same inputs
  • Scope: An access token needs repo:read.
Name Type Required Description
owner string Yes The workspace that owns the repository.
name string Yes The repository’s name.
curl https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/labels \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

A successful request answers 200 with:

[
{
"name": "bug",
"color": "d73a4a",
"description": "Something isn't working",
"issues": 4,
"pulls": 1
},
{
"name": "dependencies",
"color": "0366d6",
"description": "Updates a dependency",
"issues": 0,
"pulls": 6
},
{
"name": "good first issue",
"color": "7057ff",
"description": "Good for newcomers",
"issues": 2,
"pulls": 0
}
]

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.
422 invalid The input is not valid. message says which field and why.