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Get an environment

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

Get an environment > [!NOTE] > To get information about name patterns that branches must match in order to deploy to this environment, see "Get a deployment branch policy." Anyone with read access to the repository… [GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments/{environment_name}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__repos_get_environment · 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…
environment_name requiredstringThe name of the environment. The name must be URL encoded.…

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__repos_get_environment",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…",
    "environment_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 environment tool with owner set to ….

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