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Search repositories
An MCP tool from the GitHub API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Search repositories Find repositories via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for repositories, you can get text match metadata for the **name** and **description** fields… [GET /search/repositories]
Name on the gateway: github_api__search_repos · read-only.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
q required | string | The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers… |
sort | stars | forks | help-wanted-issues | updated | Sorts the results of your query by number of stars, forks, or… |
order | desc | asc | Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of… |
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… |
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:
{
"name": "github_api__search_repos",
"arguments": {
"q": "…"
}
}Or connect the GitHub API server directly, which lists 1,221 tools including this one:
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 repositories tool with q set to ….