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Github repo
An MCP tool from the Public Knowledge server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Facts about a public GitHub repository: description, stars, forks, open issues, language, license, topics, default branch, dates, homepage and whether it is archived. Unauthenticated GitHub API, shared across the service (about 30 lookups a minute, cached 30 min).
Name on the gateway: knowledge__github_repo · read-only.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
repo required | string | "owner/name" or a github.com URL. |
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": "knowledge__github_repo",
"arguments": {
"repo": "…"
}
}Or connect the Public Knowledge server directly, which lists 47 tools including this one:
claude mcp add --transport http hj-knowledge https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/knowledge \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Try asking
Use the github repo tool with repo set to ….