Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| GITHUB_TOKEN | No | Personal Access Token (required for releases and basic operations). Create at https://github.com/settings/tokens with scopes: repo, workflow, read:org | |
| GITHUB_APP_ID | No | GitHub App ID (optional, for 15,000 requests/hour vs 5,000 with PAT) | |
| GITHUB_AUTH_MODE | No | Force authentication method: 'app' or 'pat' (defaults to automatic selection) | |
| MCP_WORKSPACE_ROOT | No | Root directory for local file operations with workspace tools (workspace_grep, workspace_str_replace, workspace_read_file) | |
| GITHUB_MCP_DEBUG_AUTH | No | Enable debug logging for authentication (set to 'true' for troubleshooting) | |
| GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY | No | Direct private key content for GitHub App (alternative to GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH, useful for CI/CD) | |
| GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID | No | Installation ID of your GitHub App (required if using GitHub App authentication) | |
| GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH | No | Path to GitHub App private key .pem file (required if using GitHub App authentication) |
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
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No resources | |