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List repositories for a user

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

List repositories for a user Lists public repositories for the specified user. [GET /users/{username}/repos]

Name on the gateway: github_api__repos_list_for_user · read-only.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`username` required	`string`	The handle for the GitHub user account.
`type`	`all \| owner \| member`	Limit results to repositories of the specified type.
`sort`	`created \| updated \| pushed \| full_name`	The property to sort the results by.
`direction`	`asc \| desc`	The order to sort by. Default: asc when using full_name, otherwise desc.
`per_page`	`integer`	The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using…
`page`	`integer`	The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using…

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_list_for_user",
  "arguments": {
    "username": "…"
  }
}

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"

Use the list repositories for a user tool with username set to ….