gitlab_get_user_open_issues

Retrieve and prioritize open GitLab issues assigned to or created by a specific user. Filter by severity, SLA status, and sort by priority, due date, or recent updates for effective workload and compliance management.

Instructions

List open issues assigned to or created by a specific user.

Use this tool to see what issues a user is currently working on or responsible for.

Retrieve all currently open issues assigned to the specified user across all accessible projects, with intelligent priority sorting.

Returns prioritized issue list with:

Issue details: title, description, labels
Priority indicators: severity, SLA status
Context: project, milestone, due date
Activity: recent updates, comment count
Assignment: other assignees, collaboration info

Use cases:

Personal issue dashboard and inbox
Workload management and planning
SLA compliance tracking
Sprint and milestone planning

Parameters:

user_id: Numeric user ID
username: Username string (use either user_id or username)
severity: Filter by severity level
sla_status: Filter by SLA compliance (at_risk, overdue, ok)
sort: Sort order (priority, due_date, updated)
per_page: Results per page (default: 20)
page: Page number (default: 1)

Example: Get overdue issues for user

{ "username": "johndoe", "sla_status": "overdue", "sort": "priority" }

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`page`	No	Page number for pagination Type: integer Range: ≥1 Default: 1 Example: 3 (to get the third page of results) Note: Use with per_page to navigate large result sets
`per_page`	No	Number of results per page Type: integer Range: 1-100 Default: 20 Example: 50 (for faster browsing) Tip: Use smaller values (10-20) for detailed operations, larger (50-100) for listing
`severity`	No	Filter by severity level
`sla_status`	No	Filter by SLA compliance
`sort`	No	Sort order	priority
`user_id`	No	Numeric user ID
`username`	No	Username string

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{ "properties": { "page": { "default": 1, "description": "Page number for pagination\nType: integer\nRange: ≥1\nDefault: 1\nExample: 3 (to get the third page of results)\nNote: Use with per_page to navigate large result sets", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "per_page": { "default": 50, "description": "Number of results per page\nType: integer\nRange: 1-100\nDefault: 20\nExample: 50 (for faster browsing)\nTip: Use smaller values (10-20) for detailed operations, larger (50-100) for listing", "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "severity": { "description": "Filter by severity level", "type": "string" }, "sla_status": { "description": "Filter by SLA compliance", "enum": [ "at_risk", "overdue", "ok" ], "type": "string" }, "sort": { "default": "priority", "description": "Sort order", "enum": [ "priority", "due_date", "updated" ], "type": "string" }, "user_id": { "description": "Numeric user ID", "type": "string" }, "username": { "description": "Username string", "type": "string" } }, "type": "object" }

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