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Get an organization secret

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

Get an organization secret Gets an organization development environment secret without revealing its encrypted value. OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint. [GET /orgs/{org}/codespaces/secrets/{secret_name}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__codespaces_get_org_secret · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
org requiredstringThe organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name requiredstringThe name of the secret.

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_get_org_secret",
  "arguments": {
    "org": "…",
    "secret_name": "…"
  }
}

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 organization secret tool with org set to ….

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