GitHub MCP Server
by crypto-ninja
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) |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
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Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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Maintenance
ActivitySlowing
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