MCP server

GitHub

MCP

Issues, PRs, and the repo — official, from GitHub.

GitHub’s first-party MCP server. Remote or local. The tools match the API you already use.

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claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}

By GitHub

Spec

What the server actually exposes.

list_issues
read
Issues in a repo.
create_issue
write
Open an issue.
list_pull_requests
read
PRs and their state.
create_pull_request
write
Open a PR from a branch.
get_file_contents
read
Read a path on a ref.

Tool	Does	Access
list_issues	Issues in a repo.	read
create_issue	Open an issue.	write
list_pull_requests	PRs and their state.	read
create_pull_request	Open a PR from a branch.	write
get_file_contents	Read a path on a ref.	read

Guardrails

Token scopes are yours
Writes need a PAT that can write
Remote option available

github-mcp.mcp/tools

Tools

list_issues
Issues in a repo.
read
create_issue
Open an issue.
write
list_pull_requests
PRs and their state.
read
create_pull_request
Open a PR from a branch.
write
get_file_contents
Read a path on a ref.
read

Last call

{ "ok": true,
  "tool": "list_issues",
  "rows": 12 }

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