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Create or update an organization secret

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

Create or update an organization secret Creates or updates an organization secret with an encrypted value. Encrypt your secret using LibSodium. For more information, see "Encrypting secrets for the REST API." Authenticated users must have… [PUT /orgs/{org}/agents/secrets/{secret_name}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__agents_create_or_update_org_secret · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
org requiredstringThe organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name requiredstringThe name of the secret.
encrypted_value requiredstringValue for your secret, encrypted with LibSodium using the public key retrieved…
key_id requiredstringID of the key you used to encrypt the secret.
visibility requiredall | private | selectedWhich type of organization repositories have access to the organization…
selected_repository_idsarrayAn array of repository ids that can access the organization secret. You can…

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__agents_create_or_update_org_secret",
  "arguments": {
    "org": "…",
    "secret_name": "…",
    "encrypted_value": "…",
    "key_id": "…",
    "visibility": "…"
  }
}

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 create or update an organization secret tool with org set to ….

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