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github-mcp-server

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github-mcp-server

A lightweight Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes three GitHub utility tools to AI agents (such as IBM Bob).

Tools

Tool

Description

search_repositories

Search GitHub repos by keyword — returns name, description, URL, stars, forks, language

list_issues

List issues for any public (or accessible private) repo — filter by state and labels

read_file_contents

Read the raw text of any file in a repo — specify an optional branch/tag/commit ref

Related MCP server: mcp-github-server

Requirements

Installation

git clone https://github.com/kevinshim/github-mcp-server.git
cd github-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build

Usage

Start the server manually (for testing):

GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token node build/index.js

Register with IBM Bob

Add the following to your Bob mcp.json (global: ~/.bob/mcp.json, or workspace: .bob/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/github-mcp-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace /absolute/path/to/github-mcp-server with the actual path on your machine.

Example prompts (inside Bob)

Search for TypeScript MCP server repositories with more than 100 stars.

List the open bug issues in IBM/galaxium-travels.

Read the contents of src/index.ts from my-org/my-repo on branch main.

Project structure

github-mcp-server/
├── src/
│   └── index.ts        # Server implementation
├── build/              # Compiled output (generated by npm run build)
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

License

MIT

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