Read GitHub as JSON: README, issue, release, file.

curl https://getjson.de/https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/4

{
  "source": {
    "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/4",
    "finalUrl": "https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/4",
    "kind": "issue",
    "platform": "github",
    "provider": "github",
    "fetchedAt": "2026-10-27T21:23:57.691Z",
    "cached": false
  },
  "content": {
    "title": "Task list – Oct. 7th",
    "author": {
      "name": "probablycorey",
      "handle": "@probablycorey",
      "url": "https://github.com/probablycorey"
    },
    "publishedDate": "2019-10-07T18:46:56.000Z",
    "language": null,
    "engagement": {
      "comments": 5,
      "reactions": 0
    },
    "hashtags": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "linkedContent": [],
    "truncated": false,
    "text": "State: closed\n\nHi @github/ce-cli, This is a more granular task list than what is listed in [Neha's demo planning doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ym-_xjFTSXe0-xzgaBn13Su7MEhWfLE5qSNPJV4M0A/edit). \r\n\r\nIf you want to share what you a …",
    "wordCount": 447
  },
  "meta": null,
  "wall": null,
  "result": null
}

Recorded from https://getjson.de on 2026-10-27 with no key. Long text is cut and ends in " …".

• The provider is github: the GitHub REST API.
• A repository gives kind repo with the README. An issue or a pull request gives kind issue with up to 30 comments. A release gives kind document. A file (blob or raw.githubusercontent.com) gives kind file, for text files up to 2 MB.
• A file that is not text comes back with the wall unsupported.
• When the GitHub rate limit is used up, the answer is 503. Try again later.

curl -G https://getjson.de/https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/4 --data-urlencode 'schema={"type":"object","properties":{"tasks":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"task":{"type":"string"},"done":{"type":"boolean"}}}}}}'

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The MCP tool read needs no key. Connect, then call it:

claude mcp add --transport http getjson https://getjson.de/mcp

{
  "name": "read",
  "arguments": {
    "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/4"
  }
}

The tool answers with the same envelope as text.

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