---
title: Comment on a GitHub issue
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/workflow-automation/setup-and-configure/actions-catalog/github/github-issue-comment
---

Creates a new comment on an existing GitHub issue.

For authentication setup, see [GitHub issue actions](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/workflow-automation/setup-and-configure/actions-catalog/github/github-issue).

## Inputs

The following inputs are available for this action.

| Input Field     | Optionality | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                              | Example                                        |
| --------------- | ----------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------- |
| **token**       | Required    | String | GitHub Personal Access Token (fine-grained or classic) stored as a secret. Fine-grained PATs require Issues: Read and write permission. Classic PATs require repo scope. | `"${{ :secrets:github-PAT-token }}"`           |
| **owner**       | Required    | String | The account owner of the repository (user or organization login). Case-insensitive.                                                                                      | `"octocat"`                                    |
| **repo**        | Required    | String | Repository name without the .git suffix. Case-insensitive.                                                                                                               | `"Hello-World"`                                |
| **issueNumber** | Required    | Int    | The number that identifies the issue.                                                                                                                                    | `1347`                                         |
| **body**        | Required    | String | The contents of the comment.                                                                                                                                             | `"Issue has been investigated and resolved."`  |
| **selectors**   | Optional    | List   | JQ selectors to extract values from the response.                                                                                                                        | `[{"name": "commentId", "expression": ".id"}]` |

## Outputs

This action returns the following outputs.

| Output Field     | Type    | Example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ---------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **response**     | Object  | ```yaml {   "id": 1,   "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347#issuecomment-1",   "body": "Issue has been investigated and resolved.",   "user": {     "login": "octocat"   },   "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",   "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",   "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347" } ``` |
| **success**      | Boolean | `success: true | false`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **errorMessage** | String  | Contains the GitHub API error response body.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

## Example

| Workflow example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ```yaml name: github_comment_issue_workflow description: Add a comment to a GitHub issue steps:   - name: add_comment     type: action     action: gitHub.issue.comment     version: 1     inputs:       token: ${{ :secrets:github-PAT-token }}       owner: your_user_name       repo: test-workflow       issueNumber: 7       body: |         This issue has been investigated.         Runbook: https://runbooks.example.com/checkout-5xx     next: end ``` |