mcp-github-issues

MCP server exposing GitHub issue operations as tools for LLM agents (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, etc).

Tools

• list_issues(repo, state, labels) — list issues in a repo

• create_issue(repo, title, body) — create a new issue

• comment_issue(repo, issue_number, body) — comment on an issue/PR

• close_issue(repo, issue_number) — close an issue

• search_issues(query) — search issues/PRs across GitHub

Related MCP server: GitHub MCP Server

Setup

python3 -m venv venv
venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx   # needs repo scope

Run

venv/bin/python server.py

Register with Claude Code / Claude Desktop

Add to MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-issues": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/server.py"],
      "env": { "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_xxx" }
    }
  }
}

Demo

See DEMO.md for a full walkthrough: registering the server, listing real open issues on cli/cli via a live Claude Code tool call, and a create/comment/close cycle run against this repo's issue #1.