A simple script to add the issues event to the IRC service on a repository.

irc_issue_adder.rb

require 'octokit'

# Enter your login stuff and uncomment accordingly.
# @kit = Octokit::Client.new(access_token: 'token')
# @kit = Octokit::Client.new(login: 'user', password: 'password')

# Adds the issues event to the IRC web service for the repository.
# @param repo [String] The full repository name (e.g., elifoster/seedcopy)
# @return [void]
def irc(repo)
  id = nil
  @kit.hooks(repo).each do |hook|
    id = hook[:id] if hook[:name] == 'irc'
  end  
  @kit.edit_hook(repo, id, 'irc', {}, { add_events: ['issues'] })
end

# Enter your repository accordingly.
irc('username/repository')