GitHub MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants like Claude to interact with GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests.

Features

• Create and list GitHub issues
• Create pull requests
• Search and browse repositories
• Get repository information
• List user repositories
• Secure authentication via GitHub Personal Access Token

Quick Start

Using Docker

# Build the image
docker build -t github-mcp-server:latest .

# Run the server
docker run -i --rm \
  -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<your-github-pat> \
  github-mcp-server:latest

Using Node.js

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

# Run the server
GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<your-github-pat> npm start

Configuration

See CLAUDE.md for detailed instructions on configuring this server with Claude Desktop.

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

Available Tools

• create_issue - Create a new GitHub issue
• list_issues - List issues in a repository
• create_pull_request - Create a new pull request
• get_repository - Get repository information
• list_repositories - List user repositories
• search_repositories - Search GitHub repositories

License

ISC