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listIssues

List GitHub Issues

List issues for a GitHub repository.

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "open issues on X", and it calls listIssues.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "<owner>",
    "repo": "<repo>"
  },
  "name": "listIssues"
}

Arguments

• ownerstringrequiredRepository owner (user or org)
• pageintegeroptional1-indexed page number. Pass the previous call's nextPage.
• perPagenumberoptionalResults per page
• repostringrequiredRepository name
• statestringoptionalIssue state filter

Returns

Paginated: one call returns at most perPage results (100 max), and the result carries hasMore plus nextPage.

Declared limits

• page: minimum 1
• page: maximum 9007199254740991
• perPage: minimum 1
• perPage: maximum 100

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• open issues on X
• what issues are in <repo>

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listRepos
• createIssue

Questions

• What does listIssues do?

  List issues for a GitHub repository. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use listIssues from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "open issues on X", and it calls listIssues.

• Is listIssues safe to let an AI call?

  listIssues is read-only: it changes nothing. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.