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Search labels

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

Search labels Find labels in a repository with names or descriptions that match search keywords. Returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for labels, you can get text match metadata for the label… [GET /search/labels]

Name on the gateway: github_api__search_labels · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
repository_id requiredintegerThe id of the repository.
q requiredstringThe search keywords. This endpoint does not accept qualifiers in the query. To…
sortcreated | updatedSorts the results of your query by when the label was created or updated.…
orderdesc | ascDetermines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of…
per_pageintegerThe number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using…
pageintegerThe page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using…

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__search_labels",
  "arguments": {
    "repository_id": 0,
    "q": "…"
  }
}

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 search labels tool with repository_id set to ….

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