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Check if permissions defined by a devcontainer have been accepted by the authent

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

Check if permissions defined by a devcontainer have been accepted by the authenticated user Checks whether the permissions defined by a given devcontainer configuration have been accepted by the authenticated user. OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the codespace… [GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces/permissions_check]

Name on the gateway: github_api__codespaces_check_permissions_for_devcontainer · read-only.

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…
ref requiredstringThe git reference that points to the location of the devcontainer…
devcontainer_path requiredstringPath to the devcontainer.json configuration to use for the permission check.

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__codespaces_check_permissions_for_devcontainer",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…",
    "ref": "…",
    "devcontainer_path": "…"
  }
}

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 check if permissions defined by a devcontainer have been accepted by the authent tool with owner set to ….

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