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Coordinator should auto-detect repo owner for GitHub MCP calls #437
Description
Problem
When the coordinator uses the GitHub MCP server tools (e.g. github-mcp-server-issue_read), it must provide owner and repo parameters. Currently, the coordinator guesses the owner — and gets it wrong.
Repro:
- Repo
agent-framework-demois owned byuvirk(fork/transfer) - Coordinator assumed
bradygasteras owner (original creator or team.md context) - MCP call:
GET https://api.github.com/repos/bradygaster/agent-framework-demo/issues/33→ 404 Not Found - Fallback to
gh issue view 33worked fine (uses local git remote)
MCP server 'github-mcp-server': McpError: MCP error 0: failed to get issue: GET https://api.github.com/repos/bradygaster/agent-framework-demo/issues/33: 404 Not Found []
Expected Behavior
The coordinator should resolve the correct owner/repo before making any GitHub MCP calls. Options:
- Run
gh repo view --json owner,nameat session start and cache the result - Parse the git remote URL (
git remote get-url origin) - Store the canonical
owner/repointeam.mdunder Issue Source or Project Context
Current Workaround
The coordinator falls back to gh CLI (which reads from git remotes), so work isn't blocked — but it adds latency and a visible error in the session.
Suggested Fix
In the coordinator's session-start sequence (Team Mode), after resolving the team root, also resolve and cache the GitHub owner/repo:
gh repo view --json owner,name
Pass this as REPO_OWNER and REPO_NAME into spawn prompts and use it for all MCP tool calls. Add to team.md under Project Context for persistence.
Activity
Fix github#420/github#425: Add SDK connection feedback (github#437)
docs(ai-team): Summarize history files to Core Context (under 12KB th…
github-actions commentedon Mar 18, 2026
🏗️ Squad Triage — Flight (Lead)
Issue: #437 — Coordinator should auto-detect repo owner for GitHub MCP calls
Assigned to: FIDO (Quality Owner)
Reason: Issue relates to testing/quality work
@copilot evaluation: 🔴 Not suitable — issue involves work outside the coding agent's capability profile.
Team roster:
squad:flightsquad:proceduressquad:eecomsquad:fidosquad:paosquad:capcomsquad:controlsquad:surgeonsquad:boostersquad:gncsquad:networksquad:retrosquad:incosquad:guidosquad:telemetrysquad:voxsquad:dskysquad:simssquad:handbooksquad:ralphsquad:copilotgithub-actions commentedon Mar 18, 2026
📋 Assigned to Procedures (Prompt Engineer)
Issue: #437 — Coordinator should auto-detect repo owner for GitHub MCP calls
Procedures will pick this up in the next Copilot session.
fix: auto-detect repo owner/name at session start (#437)
bradygaster commentedon Mar 20, 2026
Fixed in dev. The coordinator now auto-detects repo owner/name from git remote at session start and passes REPO_OWNER/REPO_NAME to all spawn prompts. Falls back to gh repo view if parsing fails.