GitHub MCP Server

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Create issues, manage pull requests, and search repositories from your AI assistant.

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Publisher

Anthropic Reference (archived)

License

MIT

Transport

Local subprocess

Tools

5

What this server does

The GitHub MCP server gives your AI assistant first-class access to your repositories. Create issues, open pull requests, and read files without leaving the chat.

Tools included

  • create_issue

    Create a new GitHub issue in a repository.

  • list_issues

    List issues in a repository with optional filters.

  • create_pull_request

    Open a new pull request.

  • get_file_contents

    Read the contents of a file at a path in a repository.

  • search_repositories

    Search GitHub repositories by query.

The authoritative list comes from the server's tools/list at runtime. This catalog entry may lag the upstream until the next ToolPiper release.

Install in ToolPiper

ToolPiper handles the JSON configuration. Click Install, fill in any required tokens, and the server is ready in your chat.

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Install in another client

Install in another MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, Cline)

Add this to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example prompts

  • "Create an issue titled 'Investigate flaky test' in the api repo and assign it to me."

  • "Show me all open PRs against modelpiper/api that touch the auth folder."

  • "Open a draft PR from the feature/auth-rewrite branch into main with a summary of the diff."

Security notes

This server uses a personal access token with full repo scope. Treat the token like a password; revoke it from GitHub Settings if you stop using the server. The original Anthropic reference server is archived; GitHub now publishes an official replacement at github/github-mcp-server.

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