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Get contextual information for a user
An MCP tool from the GitHub API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Get contextual information for a user Provides hovercard information. You can find out more about someone in relation to their pull requests, issues, repositories, and organizations. The subject_type and subject_id parameters provide… [GET /users/{username}/hovercard]
Name on the gateway: github_api__users_get_context_for_user · read-only.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
username required | string | The handle for the GitHub user account. |
subject_type | organization | repository | issue | pull_request | Identifies which additional information you'd like to receive about the… |
subject_id | string | Uses the ID for the subject_type you specified. **Required** when using… |
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_context_for_user",
"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 get contextual information for a user tool with username set to ….