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Create a team
An MCP tool from the GitHub API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Create a team To create a team, the authenticated user must be a member or owner of {org}. By default, organization members can create teams. Organization owners can limit team creation to organization owners.… [POST /orgs/{org}/teams]
Name on the gateway: github_api__teams_create · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
org required | string | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
name required | string | The name of the team. |
description | string | The description of the team. |
maintainers | array | List GitHub usernames for organization members who will become team maintainers. |
repo_names | array | The full name (e.g., "organization-name/repository-name") of repositories to… |
privacy | secret | closed | The level of privacy this team should have. The options are: **For a… |
notification_setting | notifications_enabled | notifications_disabled | The notification setting the team has chosen. The options are: *… |
permission | pull | push | **Closing down notice**. The permission that new repositories will be added to… |
parent_team_id | integer | The ID of a team to set as the parent team. |
parent_team_slug | string | The slug of a team to set as the parent team. Ignored when parent_team_id is… |
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__teams_create",
"arguments": {
"org": "…",
"name": "…"
}
}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 create a team tool with org set to ….