The issues and pull requests search bar allows you to define your own custom filters and sort by a wide variety of criteria. You can find the search bar on each repository's Issues and Pull requests tabs and on your Issues and Pull requests dashboards.

Tip: You can focus your cursor on the search bar above the issue or pull request list with a keyboard shortcut. For more information, see "Keyboard shortcuts."
With issue and pull request search terms, you can:
- Filter issues and pull requests by author:
state:open type:issue author:octocat - Filter issues and pull requests that involve, but don't necessarily @mention, certain people:
state:open type:issue involves:octocat - Filter issues and pull requests by assignee:
state:open type:issue assignee:octocat - Filter issues and pull requests by label:
state:open type:issue label:"bug" - Filter out search terms by using
-before the term:state:open type:issue -author:octocat
For pull requests, you can also use search to:
- Filter draft pull requests:
is:draft - Filter pull requests that haven't been reviewed yet:
state:open type:pr review:none - Filter pull requests that require a review before they can be merged:
state:open type:pr review:required - Filter pull requests that a reviewer has approved:
state:open type:pr review:approved - Filter pull requests in which a reviewer has asked for changes:
state:open type:pr review:changes_requested - Filter pull requests by reviewer:
state:open type:pr reviewed-by:octocat - Filter pull requests by the specific user requested for review:
state:open type:pr review-requested:octocat - Filter pull requests by the team requested for review:
state:open type:pr team-review-requested:github/atom