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Follow a user
An MCP tool from the GitHub API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Follow a user Note that you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP verbs." OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the… [PUT /user/following/{username}]
Name on the gateway: github_api__users_follow · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
username required | string | The 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:
{
"name": "github_api__users_follow",
"arguments": {
"username": "…"
}
}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 follow a user tool with username set to ….