GitHub 聊天 MCP

GitHub Chat MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) for analyzing and querying GitHub repositories using the GitHub Chat API. Official Site: https://github-chat.com

Installation

# Install with pip
pip install github-chat-mcp

# Or install with the newer uv package manager
uv install github-chat-mcp

Start using it with Claude!

Example prompts:

"Use github-chat-mcp to analyze the React repository"
"Index the TypeScript repository with github-chat-mcp and ask about its architecture"

GitHub Chat MCP server

Setup Instructions

Before anything, ensure you have a GitHub Chat API key. This is required to use the service.

Install uv first.

MacOS/Linux:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Windows:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Setup with Cursor (Recommended)

In mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-chat": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-chat-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

With above, no envs required since it's a freemium release.

Setup with Claude Desktop

# claude_desktop_config.json
# Can find location through:
# Hamburger Menu -> File -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config
# Must perform: brew install uv
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-chat": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["github-chat-mcp"],
      "env": {
      }
    }
  }
}

Installing via Smithery

You can install GitHub Chat for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install github-chat-mcp --client claude

Using GitHub Chat with Claude

Index a GitHub repository first: "Index the GitHub repository at https://github.com/username/repo"
Then ask questions about the repository: "What is the core tech stack used in this repository?"

Debugging

Run:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx github-chat-mcp

Local/Dev Setup Instructions

Clone repo

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/github-chat-mcp.git

Install dependencies

Install uv first.

MacOS/Linux:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Windows:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Then install MCP server dependencies:

cd github-chat-mcp

# Create virtual environment and activate it
uv venv

source .venv/bin/activate # MacOS/Linux
# OR
.venv/Scripts/activate # Windows

# Install dependencies
uv sync

Setup with Claude Desktop

Using MCP CLI SDK

# `pip install mcp[cli]` if you haven't
mcp install /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/github-chat-mcp/src/github_chat_mcp/server.py -v "GITHUB_API_KEY=API_KEY_HERE"

Manually

# claude_desktop_config.json
# Can find location through:
# Hamburger Menu -> File -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-chat": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/github-chat-mcp",
        "run",
        "github-chat-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
      }
    }
  }
}

Using GitHub Chat with Claude

Index a GitHub repository first: "Index the GitHub repository at https://github.com/username/repo"
Then ask questions about the repository: "What is the core tech stack used in this repository?"

Debugging

Run:

# If mcp cli installed (`pip install mcp[cli]`)
mcp dev /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/github-chat-mcp/src/github_chat_mcp/server.py

# If not
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector \
      uv \
      --directory /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/github-chat-mcp \
      run \
      github-chat-mcp

Then access MCP Inspector at http://localhost:5173. You may need to add your GitHub API key in the environment variables in the inspector under GITHUB_API_KEY.

Notes

Level of logging is adjustable through the FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL environment variable (e.g. FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL="ERROR")
This MCP server provides two main tools:
1. Repository Indexing - Index and analyze a GitHub repository
2. Repository Querying - Ask questions about the indexed repository

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

security – no known vulnerabilities

license - permissive license

quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Tools

MCP 服务器可以通过 GitHub Chat API 分析和查询 GitHub 存储库，允许用户索引存储库并询问有关其代码、架构和技术堆栈的问题。

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