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Star a repository for the authenticated user

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

Star a repository for the authenticated user Note that you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP method." [PUT /user/starred/{owner}/{repo}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__activity_star_repo_for_authenticated_user · may change things.

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…

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__activity_star_repo_for_authenticated_user",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…"
  }
}

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 star a repository for the authenticated user tool with owner set to ….

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