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Check if a person is followed by the authenticated user

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

Check if a person is followed by the authenticated user [GET /user/following/{username}]

Name on the gateway: github_api__users_check_person_is_followed_by_authenticated · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
username requiredstringThe handle for the GitHub user account.

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__users_check_person_is_followed_by_authenticated",
  "arguments": {
    "username": "…"
  }
}

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 check if a person is followed by the authenticated user tool with username set to ….

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