GitHub MCP Tools

A Multi-Claude Program (MCP) for interacting with GitHub APIs through Claude Desktop.

Features

• Search GitHub repositories and issues
• Create, update, and manage GitHub issues and pull requests
• Manage repository settings and configurations
• Handle repository workflows and actions
• Search for users and organizations
• Manage repository collaborators and teams

Installation

1. Clone this repository:
   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/github-mcp.git cd github-mcp
2. Create and activate a virtual environment:
   # On macOS/Linux python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # On Windows python -m venv venv .\venv\Scripts\activate
3. Install dependencies:
   pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Create a .env file in the project root:
   touch .env
5. Add your GitHub credentials to the .env file:
   GITHUB_TOKEN=your_personal_access_token_here GITHUB_USERNAME=your_github_username
6. Test the installation:
   # Run all tests python -m pytest # Run a specific test file python -m pytest tests/test_search_repos.py
7. Start the MCP server:
   python run.py

Environment Setup

GitHub Personal Access Token

You'll need a fine-grained personal access token to authenticate with GitHub:

1. Log in to your GitHub account
2. Go to Settings > Developer settings > Personal access tokens > Fine-grained tokens
3. Click "Generate new token"
4. Configure the token:
   • Token name: "Claude Desktop Integration"
   • Description: "Token for Claude Desktop GitHub integration"
   • Expiration: Choose an appropriate expiration date
   • Repository access: Select "All repositories" or specific repositories
   • Permissions:
     • Repository permissions:
       • Actions: Read and write
       • Contents: Read and write
       • Issues: Read and write
       • Pull requests: Read and write
       • Repository hooks: Read and write
       • Repository settings: Read and write
     • Organization permissions (if working with organization repositories):
       • Members: Read-only
       • Teams: Read-only
5. Click "Generate token" and save the generated token securely

Tools

Search Repositories

Search for GitHub repositories using various criteria.

Parameters:

• query: Search query string
• sort: Sort field (stars, forks, updated, etc.)
• order: Sort order (asc or desc)
• max_results: Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)

Create Issue

Create a new GitHub issue in a specified repository.

Parameters:

• owner: Repository owner
• repo: Repository name
• title: Issue title
• body: Issue description
• labels: List of labels to apply
• assignees: List of assignee usernames

Create Pull Request

Create a new pull request.

Parameters:

• owner: Repository owner
• repo: Repository name
• title: PR title
• body: PR description
• head: Source branch
• base: Target branch
• draft: Whether to create as draft PR

Manage Repository Settings

Update repository settings and configurations.

Parameters:

• owner: Repository owner
• repo: Repository name
• settings: Dictionary of settings to update

Search Issues

Search for issues across repositories.

Parameters:

• query: Search query string
• state: Issue state (open, closed, all)
• sort: Sort field
• order: Sort order
• max_results: Maximum number of results

Manage Workflows

Manage GitHub Actions workflows.

Parameters:

• owner: Repository owner
• repo: Repository name
• workflow_file: Workflow file path
• action: Action to perform (enable, disable, trigger)

Manage Collaborators

Manage repository collaborators.

Parameters:

• owner: Repository owner
• repo: Repository name
• username: Collaborator username
• permission: Permission level (pull, push, admin, maintain, triage)

Example Usage

Development

Running Tests

Adding New Tools

1. Create a new file in src/tools/
2. Implement your tool function
3. Register the tool in src/main.py
4. Add tests in tests/
5. Update documentation in README.md

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Run tests
5. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License