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Get an app

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

Get an app > [!NOTE] > The :app_slug is just the URL-friendly name of your GitHub App. You can find this on the settings page for your GitHub App (e.g., https://github.com/settings/apps/:app_slug). [GET /apps/{app_slug}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__apps_get_by_slug · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
app_slug requiredstringapp_slug parameter

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_by_slug",
  "arguments": {
    "app_slug": "…"
  }
}

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 app tool with app_slug set to ….

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