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jaimenbell

github-mcp

by jaimenbell
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Python
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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
GITHUB_TOKENNoFine-grained personal access token for authenticated requests. Required for write tools; read works without it (with lower rate limits).
GITHUB_MCP_LIVENoSet to '1' to run real-network smoke tests.
GITHUB_MCP_ENABLE_WRITENoSet to '1' to enable the write tool group (off by default).

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

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}
logging
{}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
extensions
{
  "io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {}
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
get_repo

Get metadata for a repository: description, language, stars, forks, open issues, default branch, archived flag, license, last-push time.

list_issues

List issues for a repository (pull requests filtered out), most-recently-updated first.

get_issue

Fetch a single issue's full detail: title, body, state, labels, comment count.

list_pull_requests

List pull requests for a repository, most-recently-updated first.

get_pull_request

Fetch a single pull request's full detail, including merge state.

get_file_content

Read a UTF-8 text file from a repo at a given path (base64-decoded). Reports binary files rather than decoding them.

search_repos

Search public repositories by keyword/qualifiers, sorted by best match.

get_user

Get a public profile for a GitHub user or organization.

list_commitsA

List commits on a repo's default branch (or a given ref), newest first.

create_issue

Open a new issue on a repository. Requires GITHUB_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=1 and GITHUB_TOKEN.

comment_on_issue

Post a comment on an issue or pull request. Requires GITHUB_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=1 and GITHUB_TOKEN.

update_issue_state

Set an issue's state to 'open' or 'closed'. Requires GITHUB_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=1 and GITHUB_TOKEN.

add_labels

Add one or more labels to an issue or pull request. Requires GITHUB_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=1 and GITHUB_TOKEN.

create_pr_review_commentB

Create a review comment on a specific line of a pull request's diff. Requires GITHUB_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=1 and GITHUB_TOKEN.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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