GitHub data API

14 endpoints for GitHub: profile, repos, issues, followers, search, repo, repo readme, repo releases, repo top issues, repo languages, repo commits, user profile velocity, issue, issue comments. One API key, one JSON schema, as MCP tools or REST.

Endpoints

Call any of them over MCP with call_endpoint and its path, or over REST.

Endpoint	Returns	Credits	Cache
profileGET /v1/github/profile	Public profile for a GitHub account: bio, followers, repo count.	1	15 min
reposGET /v1/github/repos	Public repositories for an account, newest first, with stars and language.	5	30 min
issuesGET /v1/github/issues	Issues and pull requests for a GitHub repository.	1	10 min
followersGET /v1/github/followers	Accounts that follow a GitHub user.	5	30 min
searchGET /v1/github/search	GitHub repositories matching a keyword, most stars first.	1	2 min
repoGET /v1/github/repo	One GitHub repository with its stars, forks, open issues, topics and default branch.	1	15 min
repo/readmeGET /v1/github/repo/readme	The README markdown a GitHub repository serves.	5	10 min
repo/releasesGET /v1/github/repo/releases	Releases a GitHub repository published, newest first, with asset counts.	5	30 min
repo/top-issuesGET /v1/github/repo/top-issues	Issues in a GitHub repository ranked by reaction count instead of date.	5	30 min
repo/languagesGET /v1/github/repo/languages	Language breakdown for one GitHub repository, largest first, with bytes and share.	1	15 min
repo/commitsGET /v1/github/repo/commits	Recent commits on one GitHub repository, newest first, with author, sha and verification.	1	30 min
user/profile-velocityGET /v1/github/user/profile-velocity	Public activity an account produced per day, from the last 100 public events.	5	30 min
issueGET /v1/github/issue	One GitHub issue or pull request with its body, labels and counts.	1	10 min
issue/commentsGET /v1/github/issue/comments	Comments on one GitHub issue, oldest first, with their reactions.	5	5 min

Connect your agent over MCP

Remote MCP server: https://data.openkrill.app/mcp with your key in the x-api-key header.

Claude Code · Run in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http krilldata \
  https://data.openkrill.app/mcp \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor · Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "url": "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop · Add to claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key:${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}