How do I use setMergeApprovals 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 "turn on auto-merge", and it calls setMergeApprovals.

Is setMergeApprovals safe to let an AI call?

setMergeApprovals widens who can see or receive something, so the owner approves every call explicitly. An AI cannot approve it for itself.

GitHub & Code

`setMergeApprovals`

Set Merge Approvals

Request a change to a connected GitHub account's "Merge approvals" dial, the standing consent that decides whether a green pull request merges on its own or waits for the owner.

writeconsent

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "turn on auto-merge", and it calls setMergeApprovals.

Example call

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

{
  "arguments": {
    "mode": "<mode>",
    "owner": "<owner>"
  },
  "name": "setMergeApprovals"
}

Arguments

modestringrequiredThe mode to move the dial to. "manual" = ask before every merge (the default); "auto" = merge vetted work when checks are green, escalate anything risky; "off" = never merge.
ownerstringrequiredThe GitHub account whose connection the dial belongs to (the same owner you pass to the repo verbs)
repostringoptionalRepository name the change is about. On a repo with a deploy identity this moves that login's dial, the one its merges read. Omit for the owner's connection.

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

turn on auto-merge
stop asking me to approve every merge
make me approve merges again
never merge anything

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

mergePullRequest

Questions

What does setMergeApprovals do?
Request a change to a connected GitHub account's "Merge approvals" dial, the standing consent that decides whether a green pull request merges on its own or waits for the owner. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use setMergeApprovals 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 "turn on auto-merge", and it calls setMergeApprovals.
Is setMergeApprovals safe to let an AI call?
setMergeApprovals widens who can see or receive something, so the owner approves every call explicitly. An AI cannot approve it for itself.

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.