diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 6799d7d..d78c682 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -45,15 +45,46 @@ export interface RepoManager {
   repo: Repo;
   initialize: () => Promise<RepoManager>;
   getIssue: (id: string) => Promise<Issue>;
+  getMergeRequest: (id: string) => Promise<MergeRequest>;
 }
 
-export interface Issue {
+/** issue, merge request or whatever the fuck you need */
+export interface RepoElement {
   id: string;
   title: string;
   content: string;
   repo: Repo;
 }
 
+/** basic */
+export enum ISSUE_STATE {
+  OPEN = 'open',
+  CLOSED = 'closed',
+}
+
+export interface Issue extends RepoElement {
+  state: ISSUE_STATE;
+}
+
+export enum MERGE_REQUEST_STATE {
+  OPEN = 'open',
+  /** closed without merging */
+  CLOSED = 'closed',
+  MERGED = 'merged',
+}
+
+export enum MERGE_REQUEST_MERGABILITY {
+  MERGEABLE = 'mergeable',
+  CONFLICTING = 'conflicting',
+}
+
+export interface MergeRequest extends RepoElement {
+  state: MERGE_REQUEST_STATE;
+  /** null if unknown */
+  mergability: MERGE_REQUEST_MERGABILITY | null;
+  isDraft: boolean;
+}
+
 /** the account that did an action */
 export enum ACTOR_TYPE {
   /** human person, absolutely not a sentient lizard */
diff --git a/src/vendor/github/repomgr.ts b/src/vendor/github/repomgr.ts
index 78cc757..e79c6d4 100644
--- a/src/vendor/github/repomgr.ts
+++ b/src/vendor/github/repomgr.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-import { RepoManager, Issue, Repo, ACTOR_TYPE } from '../../types';
+import {
+  RepoManager,
+  Issue,
+  Repo,
+  ACTOR_TYPE,
+  ISSUE_STATE,
+  MergeRequest,
+  MERGE_REQUEST_STATE,
+  MERGE_REQUEST_MERGABILITY,
+} from '../../types';
 import GitHubVendorManager from './vendormgr';
 import assert from 'assert';
 
@@ -91,10 +100,63 @@ export default class GitHubRepoManager implements RepoManager {
     assert(resp.repository.issue, 'no issue');
     const { issue } = resp.repository;
     return {
-      id: issue.number.toString(),
+      id: number,
       content: issue.body,
       title: issue.title,
       repo: this.repo,
+      state: issue.closed ? ISSUE_STATE.CLOSED : ISSUE_STATE.OPEN,
+    };
+  }
+
+  public async getMergeRequest(number: string): Promise<MergeRequest> {
+    const resp = await this.vendorMgr._doRequest(
+      `
+        query Query($owner: String!, $name: String!, $number: Int!) {
+          repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) {
+            pullRequest(number: $number) {
+              title
+              body
+              isDraft
+              closed
+              closedAt
+              mergeable
+              merged
+              mergedAt
+              mergedBy {
+                login
+              }
+              labels(first: 0) {
+                nodes {
+                  name
+                  color
+                  description
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }      
+    `,
+      {
+        owner: this.repo.owner.username,
+        name: this.repo.name,
+        number: parseInt(number, 10),
+      },
+    );
+    assert(resp.repository, 'no repository');
+    assert(resp.repository.pullRequest, 'no pull request');
+    const { pullRequest } = resp.repository;
+    return {
+      id: number,
+      content: pullRequest.body,
+      title: pullRequest.title,
+      repo: this.repo,
+      state: pullRequest.closed ? MERGE_REQUEST_STATE.CLOSED : MERGE_REQUEST_STATE.OPEN,
+      mergability: {
+        MERGEABLE: MERGE_REQUEST_MERGABILITY.MERGEABLE,
+        CONFLICTING: MERGE_REQUEST_MERGABILITY.CONFLICTING,
+        UNKNOWN: null,
+      }[pullRequest.mergeable],
+      isDraft: pullRequest.isDraft,
     };
   }
 }