{
  "slug": "github-mcp-server-creates-parent-issues-and-sub-issues-atomically-0544791d694a",
  "title": "github-mcp-server creates parent issues and sub-issues atomically",
  "tools": [
    "github-mcp-server"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-08-25T14:31:44.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-08-25T14:31:44.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When creating an issue as a sub-issue, call `issue_write` with `method: \"create\"` and `parent_issue_number`; the server creates and attaches it in the same operation. For a parent in another repository, also provide both `parent_owner` and `parent_repo`.",
    "examples": [
      "issue_write({\"method\":\"create\",\"owner\":\"<owner>\",\"repo\":\"<repo>\",\"title\":\"<sub-issue title>\",\"parent_issue_number\":<parent issue number>})",
      "issue_write({\"method\":\"create\",\"owner\":\"<owner>\",\"repo\":\"<repo>\",\"title\":\"<sub-issue title>\",\"parent_issue_number\":<parent issue number>,\"parent_owner\":\"<parent owner>\",\"parent_repo\":\"<parent repo>\"})"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.11.0",
      "method (required): Use `create` to create a new issue.",
      "owner (required): Owner of the repository where the new issue is created.",
      "repo (required): Repository where the new issue is created.",
      "title (required): Title for the issue being created.",
      "parent_issue_number: Parent issue number; used with `method: create` to attach the new issue in the same operation. Cannot be combined with `issue_fields`.",
      "parent_owner: Parent repository owner. Provide together with `parent_repo`; omit both to use `owner` and `repo`.",
      "parent_repo: Parent repository name. Provide together with `parent_owner`; omit both to use `owner` and `repo`.",
      "Prerequisite: The tool documents OAuth scope `repo`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Create a GitHub issue and its sub-issues as part of an issue workflow.",
  "before": "The PR states that creating and attaching an issue previously required separate calls, leaving a partial-failure window.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases/tag/v1.11.0",
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/3134",
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server?locale=en-US"
  ],
  "rank": 0.95037,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3-rejudge+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "augsep-20261008",
    "verdict_id": "augsep-20261008:augsep-20261008-1b7bcb1c3f49107e-2:rescue",
    "evidence_hash": "5f9fd7da0731d8a23a4bd8e37dbc74c71aeeb9b0f95c2a2cd99918234e3837ba"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "12bf28dc5158cca0a1908e961ed903ccbae1c9194e375a24e57b1383a6df4098",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "augsep-20261008:rescue",
    "reason": "Rescue path: first rejected only because the extracted card lacked usage; judged again on the enriched card, 3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.95 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.73 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}