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Get the latest release

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

Get the latest release View the latest published full release for the repository. The latest release is the most recent non-prerelease, non-draft release, sorted by the created_at attribute. The created_at attribute is… [GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest]

Name on the gateway: github_api__repos_get_latest_release · 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…

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_latest_release",
  "arguments": {
    "owner": "…",
    "repo": "…"
  }
}

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 latest release tool with owner set to ….

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