FastMCP GitHub Automation Server

GIT-Pilot

GIT-Pilot is a powerful GitHub automation and management tool that provides a comprehensive API wrapper for GitHub operations. It simplifies GitHub interactions through a FastMCP-based server, making it easy to manage repositories, pull requests, issues, and more.

🌟 Features

🔐 Authentication & Security

Secure token management with encryption using Fernet
Token expiration and automatic cleanup
Rate limit handling and automatic retries
Configurable authentication timeouts

📦 Repository Management

Create and manage repositories
Handle branches and commits
File operations (create, update, delete)
Repository search and filtering
Commit comparison and history

🔄 Pull Request Operations

Create and manage pull requests
Merge strategies (merge, squash, rebase)
Status check validation
Conflict detection and handling
Draft PR support

📝 Issue Management

Create and update issues
Label management
Assignee handling
Comment management
Issue search and filtering

🛠 Technical Features

Thread-safe operations
Resource management
Comprehensive error handling
Detailed logging
Type safety
Configuration management
FastMCP server integration

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

Python 3.12 or higher
GitHub account
GitHub Personal Access Token
FastMCP CLI (optional)

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/GIT-Pilot.git
cd GIT-Pilot

Install uv (if not already installed):

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

Create and activate a virtual environment:

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

Install the package using uv:

uv pip install -e .

Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the project root:

GITHUB_TOKEN=your_github_token_here

Basic Usage

Setting Up Claude Desktop Integration

Start the GIT-Pilot server:

uv run main.py

Download and install Claude Desktop
Configure Claude Desktop:
- Open Claude Desktop
- Go to File > Settings > Developer > Edit Config
- Add the following configuration:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "GIT-Pilot": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "path\\to\\repo",
                "run",
                "main.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Restart Claude Desktop
Look for the hammer icon in the chat window - this indicates the MCP server is ready to use

API Examples

# Create a repository
await call_tool("create_repository",
    name="my-repo",
    description="My awesome repository",
    private=True,
    has_issues=True,
    has_wiki=True,
    has_projects=True,
    auto_init=True
)

# Create a pull request
await call_tool("create_pull_request",
    repo_path="owner/repo",
    title="New feature",
    head="feature-branch",
    base="main",
    body="Description of changes",
    draft=False
)

# List commits with filtering
await call_tool("list_commits",
    repo_path="owner/repo",
    branch="main",
    author="username",
    since="2024-01-01",
    until="2024-04-21",
    max_results=30
)

🔧 Configuration

The service can be configured through the Config class:

@dataclass
class Config:
    TOKEN_TTL_HOURS: int = 24
    MAX_STORED_TOKENS: int = 1000
    CLEANUP_INTERVAL_SECONDS: int = 3600
    MAX_RETRIES: int = 3
    RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS: int = 5
    MAX_RESULTS_PER_PAGE: int = 100
    ENCRYPTION_KEY: bytes = Fernet.generate_key()

🛡 Security

Tokens are encrypted at rest using Fernet
Automatic token expiration and cleanup
Rate limit protection with retries
Input validation
Comprehensive error handling
Secure token cleanup

🔄 Rate Limiting

The service includes built-in rate limit handling:

Automatic retry on rate limit
Configurable retry attempts
Delay between retries
Rate limit status logging
Exponential backoff

🧪 Error Handling

Comprehensive error handling for:

Authentication failures
API errors
Rate limits
Invalid inputs
Resource conflicts
Network issues
Token validation
File operations

📈 Logging

Detailed logging with:

Timestamp
Log level
Function name
Line number
Error details
Stack traces
Rate limit information
Token operations

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please follow these steps:

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch
Commit your changes
Push to the branch
Create a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

PyGithub for the GitHub API wrapper
FastMCP for the server framework
Fernet for secure token encryption

Made with ❤️ by the GIT-Pilot team

This server cannot be installed

security - not tested

license - permissive license

quality - not tested

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.

Provides a comprehensive API wrapper for GitHub operations through a FastMCP-based server, simplifying repository management, pull requests, issues, and other GitHub interactions with secure authentication.

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