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Get the authenticated user
An MCP tool from the GitHub API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Get the authenticated user OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the read:user scope, or the broader user scope, for this endpoint to return the private user response. The private user response includes… [GET /user]
Name on the gateway: github_api__users_get_authenticated · read-only.
Parameters
This tool takes no parameters.
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_get_authenticated",
"arguments": {}
}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 get the authenticated user tool.