GitHub MCP Server

A FastMCP server that provides access to GitHub repositories and data for Poke integration.

🚀 Features

• get_repos: Get repositories for a GitHub user

• get_issues: Get issues for a repository

• get_pull_requests: Get pull requests for a repository

• search_code: Search for code on GitHub

Related MCP server: mcp-server-github

🔑 GitHub Token Setup

This server requires a GitHub personal access token for API access:

1. Go to GitHub Settings > Personal Access Tokens

2. Generate a new token with repo and public_repo scopes

3. Set the environment variable: export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here

🛠️ Local Development

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Set GitHub token
export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here

# Run the server
python src/server.py

🚢 Deployment

Deploy to Render

Steps:

1. Click the "Deploy to Render" button above or go to render.com

2. Connect your GitHub account to Render (if you haven't already)

3. Create a new Web Service:

   • Connect this repository

   • Name: github-mcp

   • Environment: Python 3

   • Plan: Free

   • Build Command: pip install -r requirements.txt

   • Start Command: python src/server.py

4. Set environment variable:

   • Go to your Render service dashboard

   • Click on "Environment" tab

   • Add environment variable: GITHUB_TOKEN = your_github_token_here

   • Click "Save Changes"

5. Deploy!

Note: On Render's free tier, services go idle after ~15 minutes of inactivity and may require a manual "Deploy" to wake or to pick up the latest commit. Unlike Vercel, pushes do not auto-deploy by default.

Your server will be available at https://github-mcp.onrender.com/mcp

🎯 Poke Integration

1. Go to poke.com/settings/connections

2. Add the MCP URL: https://github-mcp.onrender.com/mcp

3. Give it a name like "GitHub"

4. Try: "Can you use the GitHub MCP to list my repos?"

References

• Based on the Interaction MCP server template: MCP Server Template

• Discovered via Interaction’s HackMIT challenge: Interaction HackMIT Challenge

🔧 Available Tools

• get_repos(username, limit=10): Get repositories for a user

• get_issues(owner, repo, state="open", limit=10): Get issues for a repository

• get_pull_requests(owner, repo, state="open", limit=10): Get PRs for a repository

• search_code(query, language="", limit=10): Search for code

📝 Example Usage

# Get user's repositories
get_repos(username="octocat", limit=5)

# Get open issues
get_issues(owner="microsoft", repo="vscode", state="open", limit=10)

# Get pull requests
get_pull_requests(owner="facebook", repo="react", state="open", limit=5)

# Search for Python code
search_code(query="machine learning", language="python", limit=10)

⚠️ Rate Limits

GitHub API has rate limits:

• With token: 5,000 requests per hour

• Without token: 60 requests per hour

The server will return an error if rate limits are exceeded.