[FEATURE] Improve permissions for subscription to PR activity

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 18, 2026 by dpaskov91 Closed Jun 3, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

While working through my claude mobile app, claude-code doesn't have access to results from GitHub Workflows. It's a clear gap for exactly this "autofix failing CI" flow the PR-subscription feature encourages.

Proposed Solution

Extend the default GitHub MCP toolset for this scenario with all or some of:

  • get_job_logs
  • list_workflow_runs
  • get_workflow_run

Alternative Solutions

_No response_

Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

Configuration and settings

Use Case Example

Opened a PR from Claude Code Web, but the workflow is failing and my session cannot know why this workflow is failing. It asks me to copy paste the output.

Additional Context

Asked in Claude Code Web what tools can you use from the mcp__github__* tools for GitHub interactions

Grouped by function, here's the full mcp__github__* toolset available in this session:

Pull requests

pull_request_read (methods: get, get_diff, get_status, get_files, get_review_comments, get_reviews, get_comments, get_check_runs)
pull_request_review_write, add_comment_to_pending_review, add_reply_to_pull_request_comment, resolve_review_thread, unresolve_review_thread, request_copilot_review
create_pull_request, update_pull_request, update_pull_request_branch, list_pull_requests, search_pull_requests
merge_pull_request, enable_pr_auto_merge, disable_pr_auto_merge
subscribe_pr_activity, unsubscribe_pr_activity

Issues

issue_read, issue_write, sub_issue_write, add_issue_comment
list_issues, search_issues, list_issue_types, get_label

Files & commits

get_file_contents, create_or_update_file, delete_file, push_files
get_commit, list_commits

Branches, tags, releases

create_branch, list_branches, list_tags, get_tag
list_releases, get_latest_release, get_release_by_tag

Repos & discovery

create_repository, fork_repository, search_repositories, search_code

Users & teams

get_me, search_users, get_teams, get_team_members

Security

run_secret_scanning

Notably missing: any workflow/Actions run log reader (no get_job_logs, get_workflow_run_logs, etc.) — that's the gap that blocked CI debugging earlier.

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