{
  "slug": "github-mcp-server-ui-enabled-write-tools-add-show-ui-a92987f2cf58",
  "title": "github-mcp-server UI-enabled write tools add show_ui",
  "tools": [
    "github-mcp-server"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-06-18T12:46:19.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-06-18T12:46:19.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When calling the UI-backed `issue_write` or `create_pull_request` tool with an MCP Apps-capable client, set `show_ui` to `true` to allow the form or `false` to bypass it and execute directly. The parameter is optional and defaults to `true` when available.",
    "examples": [
      "issue_write({\"method\":\"create\",\"owner\":\"<owner>\",\"repo\":\"<repo>\",\"title\":\"<title>\",\"show_ui\":false})",
      "create_pull_request({\"owner\":\"<owner>\",\"repo\":\"<repo>\",\"title\":\"<title>\",\"head\":\"<branch>\",\"base\":\"<base-branch>\",\"show_ui\":true})"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.4.0",
      "show_ui: Boolean routing flag on `issue_write` and `create_pull_request`: `true` allows the MCP App form; `false` bypasses it for direct execution. Defaults to `true`. Only exposed to clients that advertise MCP App UI support.",
      "Prerequisite: `show_ui` is available to clients that advertise MCP App UI support; the supported MCP Apps tools are `issue_write` and `create_pull_request`.",
      "Prerequisite: `issue_write` and `create_pull_request` require the GitHub OAuth `repo` scope."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When using a UI-enabled write tool, choose whether to show its UI.",
  "before": "Before `show_ui`, the server routed these tools to the form based on implicit signals: form submission state and whether the call included parameters the form could not represent. There was no explicit parameter to request direct execution.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases/tag/v1.4.0",
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2601",
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/blob/main/docs/insiders-features.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.9504,
  "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": "backfill-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "backfill-20261007:backfill-20261007-de67d5a050f61223-0:rescue",
    "evidence_hash": "d805d052eadfe87df858d2c0fdfe5f7a4d6409f6c9b0bf95c6b54c5d0d8caf85"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "d50e00bb95fe1462ef00619827065fa6f34793e56a3e2586c2e3542036a2d037",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007: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 0.72 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}