GitHub MCP

Overview

The GitHub MCP server connects AI agents directly to the GitHub platform. Once installed, your client can search code across repositories, triage issues, review and merge pull requests, inspect CI runs, and respond to security alerts — all through typed tools rather than screen-scraping or raw API calls.

It runs locally over stdio or as a hosted remote server with OAuth, and supports per-toolset configuration so you can expose only the capabilities your workflow needs.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

requires: GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN · node ≥ 18 or docker

Tools (78)

Changelog