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Get the authenticated app

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

Get the authenticated app Returns the GitHub App associated with the authentication credentials used. To see how many app installations are associated with this GitHub App, see the installations_count in the response. For… [GET /app]

Name on the gateway: github_api__apps_get_authenticated · read-only.

Parameters

This tool takes no parameters.

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__apps_get_authenticated",
  "arguments": {}
}

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 the authenticated app tool.

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