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Check if a user follows another user

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

Check if a user follows another user [GET /users/{username}/following/{target_user}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__users_check_following_for_user · read-only.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`username` required	`string`	The handle for the GitHub user account.
`target_user` required	`string`	target_user parameter

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__users_check_following_for_user",
  "arguments": {
    "username": "…",
    "target_user": "…"
  }
}

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 check if a user follows another user tool with username set to ….