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warn that issue_write body REPLACES content, not appends
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ The following sets of tools are available:
- **issue_write** - Create or update issue
- **Required OAuth Scopes**: `repo`
- `assignees`: Usernames to assign to this issue (string[], optional)
- `body`: Issue body content (string, optional)
- `body`: Issue body content (Markdown). On `method="update"`, this REPLACES the entire issue body; use `add_issue_comment` to add a comment without modifying the body. (string, optional)
- `duplicate_of`: Issue number that this issue is a duplicate of. Only used when state_reason is 'duplicate'. (number, optional)
- `issue_number`: Issue number to update (number, optional)
- `labels`: Labels to apply to this issue (string[], optional)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/feature-flags.md
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Expand Up @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ runtime behavior (such as output formatting) won't appear here.
- **Required OAuth Scopes**: `repo`
- **MCP App UI**: `ui://github-mcp-server/issue-write`
- `assignees`: Usernames to assign to this issue (string[], optional)
- `body`: Issue body content (string, optional)
- `body`: Issue body content (Markdown). On `method="update"`, this REPLACES the entire issue body; use `add_issue_comment` to add a comment without modifying the body. (string, optional)
- `duplicate_of`: Issue number that this issue is a duplicate of. Only used when state_reason is 'duplicate'. (number, optional)
- `issue_number`: Issue number to update (number, optional)
- `labels`: Labels to apply to this issue (string[], optional)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/insiders-features.md
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Expand Up @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The list below is generated from the Go source. It covers tool **inventory and s
- **Required OAuth Scopes**: `repo`
- **MCP App UI**: `ui://github-mcp-server/issue-write`
- `assignees`: Usernames to assign to this issue (string[], optional)
- `body`: Issue body content (string, optional)
- `body`: Issue body content (Markdown). On `method="update"`, this REPLACES the entire issue body; use `add_issue_comment` to add a comment without modifying the body. (string, optional)
- `duplicate_of`: Issue number that this issue is a duplicate of. Only used when state_reason is 'duplicate'. (number, optional)
- `issue_number`: Issue number to update (number, optional)
- `labels`: Labels to apply to this issue (string[], optional)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pkg/github/__toolsnaps__/issue_write.snap
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"type": "array"
},
"body": {
"description": "Issue body content",
"description": "Issue body content (Markdown). On `method=\"update\"`, this REPLACES the entire issue body; use `add_issue_comment` to add a comment without modifying the body.",
"type": "string"
},
"duplicate_of": {
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pkg/github/issues.go
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},
"body": {
Type: "string",
Description: "Issue body content",
Description: "Issue body content (Markdown). On `method=\"update\"`, this REPLACES the entire issue body; use `add_issue_comment` to add a comment without modifying the body.",
},
"assignees": {
Type: "array",
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