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Search repositories, get repo details, list issues, and look up user profiles via GitHub REST API

9 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_repos

Search GitHub repositories by keyword. Returns repo name, description, star count, forks, primary language, and URL. Use when exploring projects or finding code implementations.

No parameters required.

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get_repo

Look up ONE named repository by its owner/repo slug — "facebook/react", "torvalds/linux", "vercel/next.js". Use this whenever the repository is named in the question. Answers how many stars / forks /

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list_repo_issues

List issues for a GitHub repository by owner and repo name; filters pull requests out automatically. Returns issue number, title, state, labels, author, comment count, URL, and timestamps. Defaults to

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get_user

Get a GitHub user's public profile info. Returns name, bio, company, location, public repo count, followers, and social links. Specify username (e.g., username="torvalds").

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get_file_contents

Read a file from a PUBLIC GitHub repository (or list a directory) by path. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for "show me the README / package.json / <file> of <repo>", "read <path> from <owner/repo>", inspectin

No parameters required.

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search_code

Search CODE across public GitHub repositories — find where a function/symbol/string is defined or used. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for "find code that does X", "which repos use <API>", "show me an example

No parameters required.

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get_releases

Get the latest release and recent release history for a repository — the canonical way to answer "what is the latest version of <project>", "when was <repo> last released", "what changed in the newest

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list_commits

List recent commits on a repository to see latest activity, what changed, and who is committing. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for "what are the recent commits to <repo>", "when was <owner/repo> last updated

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/github/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/github/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_repos","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_repos", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("search repositories, get repo details, list issues, and look up user profiles via github rest api");