diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         language::Language,
         collection::Collection,
         value::Data,
+        string::AtUri,
     },
 };
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -118,6 +119,31 @@
         .ok_or("get_record response.value was not an object")?
         .clone();
     Ok(record_map)
+}
+
+async fn get_handle(client: &reqwest::Client, identifier: &str) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+    let mut url: Url = "https://slingshot.microcosm.blue".parse()?;
+    url.set_path("/xrpc/com.bad-example.identity.resolveMiniDoc");
+    url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("identifier", identifier);
+    let handle = client
+        .get(url)
+        .send()
+        .await?
+        .error_for_status()?
+        .json::<serde_json::Value>()
+        .await?
+        .as_object()
+        .ok_or("minidoc response was not a json object")?
+        .get("handle")
+        .ok_or("minidoc response obj did not have 'handle' key")?
+        .as_str()
+        .ok_or("minidoc handle was not a string")?
+        .to_string();
+    if handle == "handle.invalid" {
+        Ok(None)
+    } else {
+        Ok(Some(handle))
+    }
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -238,6 +264,11 @@
             continue;
         };
 
+        let Ok(repo_uri) = AtUri::new(repo) else {
+            eprintln!("failed to parse repo to aturi for {subject}");
+            continue;
+        };
+
         let repo_record = match get_record(&req_client, repo).await {
             Ok(m) => m,
             Err(e) => {
@@ -249,6 +280,23 @@
             eprintln!("failed to get name for repo for {subject}");
             continue;
         };
+
+        let repo_handle = match get_handle(&req_client, repo_uri.authority().as_str()).await {
+            Ok(Some(h)) => h,
+            Ok(None) => {
+                eprintln!("invalid handle from identifier in {repo_uri} for {subject}");
+                continue;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("failed to get repo handle from identifier: {e} for {subject}");
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+
+        let issues_url = format!("https://tangled.org/@{repo_handle}/{name}/issues");
+        println!("hi: {issues_url}");
+
+        // let message = format!(r#""#);
 
         eprintln!("got {subject} {title:?} for {name}");
     }