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Get an environment public key

An MCP tool from the GitHub API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Get an environment public key Get the public key for an environment, which you need to encrypt environment secrets. You need to encrypt a secret before you can create or update secrets. Anyone with read access to the repository… [GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments/{environment_name}/secrets/public-key]

Name on the gateway: github_api__actions_get_environment_public_key · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
owner requiredstringThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case…
repo requiredstringThe name of the repository without the .git extension. The…
environment_name requiredstringThe name of the environment. The name must be URL encoded.…

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "github_api__actions_get_environment_public_key",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…",
    "environment_name": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the GitHub API server directly, which lists 1,221 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-github-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/github-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the get an environment public key tool with owner set to ….

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