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Update a team

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

Update a team To edit a team, the authenticated user must either be an organization owner or a team maintainer. > [!NOTE] > You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route PATCH… [PATCH /orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__teams_update_in_org · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
org requiredstringThe organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
team_slug requiredstringThe slug of the team name.
namestringThe name of the team.
descriptionstringThe description of the team.
privacysecret | closedThe level of privacy this team should have. Editing teams without specifying…
notification_settingnotifications_enabled | notifications_disabledThe notification setting the team has chosen. Editing teams without specifying…
permissionpull | push | admin**Closing down notice**. The permission that new repositories will be added to…
parent_team_idintegerThe ID of a team to set as the parent team.
parent_team_slugstringThe 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:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "github_api__teams_update_in_org",
  "arguments": {
    "org": "…",
    "team_slug": "…"
  }
}

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 update a team tool with org set to ….

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