add_comment
Adds a comment to an issue, identified by its number.
LABSCO SUMMARY
Four tools that turn an issue list into a board an agent can actually work, with no token to store.
The surface is deliberately narrow — list, create, update, comment — which makes it cheap to keep loaded alongside a much bigger toolset. Authentication rides on the gh session you already have, so it inherits exactly the repository access that session carries and nothing more.
What it is
A small server that manages GitHub issues as kanban tasks. All GitHub access runs through the GitHub CLI you have already authenticated, so there are no tokens to configure.
What you get
- list_issues for a repository's issues, filtered by state — open, closed or all — and by labels
- create_issue with title, body, labels and assignees, plus an emoji prefixed to the title so the board reads at a glance
- update_issue for title, body, state, labels and assignees, with the same emoji option
- add_comment to post a Markdown comment, optionally changing the issue's state in the same call
Requirements
Node.js 18.x or newer, npm 9.x or newer, and the GitHub CLI installed and authenticated with gh auth login. Since v0.2.0 every GitHub call goes through gh rather than the API directly, which is why no environment variables are needed. Install with npm install @sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server and run github-kanban-mcp-server over stdio.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y @sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server
USE CASES
01
Seeing what is open on the board
List the repository's issues filtered by state and by the labels that stand for columns.
02
Filing a task with its labels and owner already set
Create the issue with an emoji-prefixed title, body, labels and assignees in one call.
03
Moving a card across the board
Update the issue's labels or state to reflect where the work now sits.
04
Closing something with a note explaining why
Add the Markdown comment and change the state in the same call.
05
Handing work to someone else
Change the assignees on the existing issue rather than opening a new one.
4 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
create_issue
Creates a new issue with a title, body, labels, assignees and an emoji.
list_issues
Returns the issues on the kanban board, filtered by labels and state.
update_issue
Updates an existing issue, identified by its number.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
4 tools when we connected.
Requires
- npx on PATH
- Node.js 18.x
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 4 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-kanban-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx -y @sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server
