Check a bug issue's lifecycle state

Use this to read where a bug issue stands — combining GitHub’s native open/closed state with the triage board’s Status value — without mutating anything.

Steps

1. Call:

   get_lifecycle_state {
     owner: "<owner>",
     repo: "<repo>",
     issueNumber: <n>,
     projectOwnerLogin: "<org-or-user>",
     projectNumber: <n>
   }

2. Read the response:

   {
     "issueNumber": 142,
     "nativeState": "open",
     "onBoard": true,
     "status": "In Progress"
   }

   • nativeState is GitHub’s own open/closed, independent of the board.
   • onBoard: false means the issue isn’t a project item on the board you specified; status will be null in that case.
   • status: null with onBoard: true means the issue is on the board but its Status field has no value set. Neither case is an error — this tool never throws for a missing board membership or Status value.

Notes

• If you need a hard failure instead of a null on a missing board/field (for example, before a write), use set_lifecycle_state instead — it resolves the same data but must throw a typed error when it can’t proceed.

See also

• reference/tools.md — full input/output schema.