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Get an organization variable

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

Get an organization variable Gets a specific variable in an organization. The authenticated user must have collaborator access to a repository to create, update, or read variables. OAuth tokens and personal access tokens… [GET /orgs/{org}/actions/variables/{name}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__actions_get_org_variable · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
org requiredstringThe organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
name requiredstringThe name of the variable.

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_org_variable",
  "arguments": {
    "org": "…",
    "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 organization variable tool with org set to ….

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