GitHub MCP

by GitHub

Official MCP server for GitHub. Read repos, browse issues and PRs, search code, manage branches, and post comments — all from inside your MCP-compatible client.

$ install

# Add to your MCP client config (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "ghp_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

$ cat readme.md

What it exposes

Repository operations — read files, list branches, create commits
Issues & pull requests — list, search, comment, label
Code search — full-text search across a repo or org
User & org data — profile, membership, permissions

Auth

Requires a GitHub personal access token. Use a fine-grained token scoped to only the repos you want the agent to touch — MCP clients pass the full token to the server process.