Screenshots and recordings in GitHub PRs and issues

Why this exists

GitHub's native image hosting (github.com/user-attachments/…) is reachable from a browser and, since GitHub CLI 2.99 (September 2026), from gh issue|pr create|edit|comment --attach <file>. There is still no public REST endpoint (the CLI uses an undocumented upload host), the upload needs push access, and the hosted file is private to GitHub. Any other image URL in a PR/issue body written with gh … --body-file must already point at something publicly hosted. The uploads CLI and the hosted MCP at https://agents.uploads.sh/mcp both host the file on uploads.sh and return a stable public URL plus ready-to-paste markdown.

When gh --attach is enough

Use plain gh pr comment --attach ./shot.png (or create/edit) when ALL of these hold: