{
  "slug": "github-mcp-server-supports-singular-project-issue-field-updates-5a13dc6255b2",
  "title": "github-mcp-server supports singular Project Issue Field updates",
  "tools": [
    "github-mcp-server"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-08-10T13:10:20.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-08-10T13:10:20.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When updating one field on a Project issue, call `projects_write` with `method: \"update_project_item\"` and a single `updated_field` using the field name and value. Identify the item by `item_id` or by its repository owner, repository name, and issue number.",
    "examples": [
      "{\"method\":\"update_project_item\",\"owner\":\"<project-owner>\",\"project_number\":<project-number>,\"item_id\":<item-id>,\"updated_field\":{\"name\":\"<field-name>\",\"value\":\"<value>\"}}"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.9.0",
      "method (required): Set to `update_project_item`.",
      "owner (required): Project owner’s user or organization login.",
      "project_number (required): Project number for this update.",
      "item_id (required): Project item ID. Use this or the complete issue-reference set: `item_owner`, `item_repo`, and `issue_number`.",
      "item_owner (required): Repository owner when resolving the item by issue; use with `item_repo` and `issue_number`, instead of `item_id`.",
      "item_repo (required): Repository name when resolving the item by issue; use with `item_owner` and `issue_number`, instead of `item_id`.",
      "issue_number (required): Issue number when resolving the item; use with `item_owner` and `item_repo`, instead of `item_id`.",
      "updated_field (required): Object containing the field selector and value. For a name-based update, provide `name` and `value`.",
      "updated_field.name (required): Project field name; matching is case-insensitive. For SINGLE_SELECT fields, this name form accepts option names.",
      "updated_field.value (required): Value to apply; `null` clears the field. Singular Issue Field updates support TEXT, NUMBER, DATE, and SINGLE_SELECT values; single-select option-name matching is case-insensitive.",
      "Prerequisite: Use github-mcp-server v1.9.0 or later; the release includes singular Project Issue Field updates.",
      "Prerequisite: The tool requires the `project` OAuth scope."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Update one Project Issue Field value in a GitHub project.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases/tag/v1.9.0",
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/github-mcp-server/v1.9.0/pkg/github/projects.go",
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2941"
  ],
  "rank": 0.96028,
  "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-20261008-96367d3ec1acd284-6:rescue",
    "evidence_hash": "9a9f095c5ea19342ea95ff11305109f8510b1144706f7c6b213216976139627f"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "eabf73e61c87048d894a048973305ff4df38dc9f95e600f25cd2293087e280f1",
    "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 0.96 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.74 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}