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The list_pull_requests and search_pull_requests tools return extremely verbose responses that, even for small result
sets.
Example: Listing 30 PRs returned 508KB of data (~17KB per PR), most of which is redundant metadata:
- Each PR includes full
userobjects with 15+ URL template fields assigneeandassignees[]repeat the same user object structurereactionsobject with 10 fields (mostly zeros)- Multiple
*_urlfields that follow predictable patterns
For a simple "show me my review queue" query returning 14 PRs, the response was ~36KB per PR.
Proposed solution
Add minimal_output parameter (like search_repositories already has) to:
list_pull_requestssearch_pull_requests
When minimal_output: true, return only essential fields:
{
"number": 6617,
"title": "allow for no PDP filter in analytics",
"state": "open",
"draft": false,
"user_login": "ThomasRochais",
"created_at": "2026-02-02T13:05:54Z",
"updated_at": "2026-02-02T13:53:18Z",
"html_url": "https://github.com/org/repo/pull/6617",
"head_ref": "feature-branch",
"base_ref": "main"
}
This would reduce response size significantly.
Example prompts or workflows
1. "Show me PRs I need to review"
2. "List open PRs in this repo"
3. "Find PRs by author X"
Additional context
- search_repositories already implements minimal_output - this extends that pattern