GitHub

Official

Access GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests.

About GitHub MCP Server

GitHub is an MCP server in the Development category. It exposes tools, resources, prompts to connected AI applications, enabling them to interact with github capabilities through the standardized Model Context Protocol.

Features

Tools
Resources
Prompts

Category

Development
Getting Started

To use the GitHub MCP server in your AI application, follow these steps:

  1. Install the MCP client SDK for your platform
  2. Connect to the GitHub MCP server
  3. Authenticate with your GitHub credentials
  4. Start using the tools, resources, and prompts provided by the server

Example Code


// Connect to the GitHub MCP server
const server = await mcp.connect("github");

// List available tools
const tools = await server.tools.list();

// List available resources
const resources = await server.resources.list();

// List available prompts
const prompts = await server.prompts.list();
                      
Installation

npm

npm install @mcp/server-github

pip

pip install mcp-server-github
Compatible With
Claude Desktop
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Windsurf
Zed
Any MCP-compatible client