diff --git a/scripts/get_gh_latest.py b/scripts/get_gh_latest.py
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+import requests
+
+def get_latest_issue_pr_numbers(owner, repo):
+    # Define the GitHub API URL for issues and pull requests
+    issues_url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues"
+    prs_url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls"
+
+    # Fetch the most recent issue and pull request
+    latest_issue_response = requests.get(issues_url, params={'state': 'all', 'per_page': 1})
+    latest_pr_response = requests.get(prs_url, params={'state': 'all', 'per_page': 1})
+
+    # Check for successful responses
+    if latest_issue_response.status_code == 200 and latest_pr_response.status_code == 200:
+        latest_issue = latest_issue_response.json()
+        latest_pr = latest_pr_response.json()
+
+        # Extract issue and pull request numbers from URLs
+        issue_number = int(latest_issue[0]['number']) if latest_issue else 0
+        pr_number = int(latest_pr[0]['number']) if latest_pr else 0
+
+        return max(issue_number, pr_number)
+    else:
+        print("Failed to fetch data from GitHub API")
+
+# Example usage
+lm = get_latest_issue_pr_numbers('rqlite', 'rqlite')
+
+print("Most recent index: %d, next index will be: %d" % (lm, lm+1))
+