Issue

A ticket on GitHub in which someone describes a problem or an idea. Each one has a number, for example #142.

You’ll also find it as: issues

How it appears in the course

You can point directly at something from a server with @, for example @github:issue://231.
How do you use it, in practice? · Module 08, MCP: connecting to other apps
Install the gh program (the GitHub CLI, GitHub’s tool for the terminal). That way Claude can also work with issues (tickets with problems or ideas) and with PRs.
How do you use Claude with git? · Module 04, The working method, step by step
The example below fixes an “issue” (a problem reported in the project, on the GitHub website, where teams keep their code). In the text, $ARGUMENTS is an empty spot that gets filled in automatically with what you write after the command.
How do you give it extra information when you start it? · Module 05, Skills: reusable recipes

Where you learn it

In module 08 · MCP: connecting to other apps, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.

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