Close a pull request

POST/repos/{owner}/{name}/pulls/{number}/close

Its author may close their own; anyone else needs the Triage role or higher.

• Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
• MCP tool: close_pull_request, 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.
number	integer	Yes	The number shown after the #. Issues and pull requests share one sequence.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/pulls/14/close \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "id": "pr_01m43smh3vexsr5pmp60qwv0vs",
  "repo_id": "rep_01m3m5q6p0e2qaw6mmjahk0qrr",
  "number": 14,
  "issue": 12,
  "title": "Greeting should name the caller",
  "body": "Reads a name from the first argument. `hello ana` prints \"Hello, ana!\".",
  "agent": "claude-code",
  "runtime": "external",
  "status": "closed",
  "fork": {
    "namespace": "pulls",
    "name": "pr_01m43smh3vexsr5pmp60qwv0vs"
  },
  "fork_repo_id": "rep_01m43smh5xd7aw2kq9tv0b4c8e",
  "branch": null,
  "head_commit": "9f2c4e1a7b3d5f60812a4c6e8b0d2f4a6c8e0b13",
  "merge_base": null,
  "merged_by": null,
  "merged_at": null,
  "superseded_by": null,
  "check_status": null,
  "files": [
    {
      "path": "src/main.rs",
      "additions": 6,
      "deletions": 2
    }
  ],
  "assignees": [],
  "reviewers": [],
  "author": {
    "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p",
    "username": "syntaqx",
    "kind": "user",
    "verified": false,
    "workspaces": []
  },
  "created_at": "2026-10-01T18:20:02.117Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T19:02:48.760Z"
}

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.