Withdraw a review request with remove_review_request

Remove one or more requested reviewers, and/or teams, from a pull request.

Prerequisites

• github-pull-requests installed.
• Write access to the repository.
• Know exactly which reviewers/teams you want removed — call list_review_requests first if unsure.

Steps

1. Call remove_review_request:

   {
     "owner": "your-org",
     "repo": "your-repo",
     "pullNumber": 12,
     "reviewers": ["alice"],
     "teamReviewers": ["platform-team"]
   }

   Both reviewers and teamReviewers are optional.

2. Read the response: { users: string[], teams: string[] } — the reviewers/teams still requested after the removal.

Verify it worked

Call list_review_requests and confirm the removed names no longer appear.

Notes

• Unlike request_review, this call does not check PR state first — it can be called against a closed or merged PR without a stale_target error.