GitHub MCP Server

Local OpenCode MCP server for safe GitHub developer workflows: pull main, create a feature branch, push it, and open a ready-for-review pull request.

Environment

Set these variables in your shell. Do not commit real secrets.

export GH_TOKEN="your_github_token_here"
export GITHUB_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS="/Users/matiasbinagora/Projects"
export GITHUB_MCP_DEFAULT_BASE_BRANCH="main"
export GITHUB_MCP_DEFAULT_REMOTE="origin"
export GITHUB_MCP_REQUIRE_CLEAN_WORKTREE="true"

GH_TOKEN is recommended. If it is not set, the server can still work when gh is already authenticated locally.

Related MCP server: GitHub MCP Server

Build

npm install
npm run build

Smoke Test

This creates a temporary local bare repo, pulls main, creates a test branch, commits a file, pushes the branch, and verifies the remote branch exists.

npm run smoke

GitHub Integration Test

This creates a real branch and ready-for-review PR in the configured test repo.

export GITHUB_MCP_SMOKE_REPO_PATH="/Users/matiasbinagora/Projects/binagora"
npm run smoke:github

OpenCode Config

Add this to the global OpenCode config at ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json.

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "github": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["node", "/Users/matiasbinagora/Projects/github-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "enabled": true,
      "environment": {
        "GH_TOKEN": "{env:GH_TOKEN}",
        "GITHUB_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "/Users/matiasbinagora/Projects",
        "GITHUB_MCP_DEFAULT_BASE_BRANCH": "main",
        "GITHUB_MCP_DEFAULT_REMOTE": "origin",
        "GITHUB_MCP_REQUIRE_CLEAN_WORKTREE": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

If OpenCode is launched before your shell exports GH_TOKEN, use this command instead so the MCP server sources ~/.zshrc before starting:

"command": [
  "zsh",
  "-lc",
  "source \"$HOME/.zshrc\" >/dev/null 2>&1; exec node \"/Users/matiasbinagora/Projects/github-mcp/dist/index.js\""
]

Tools

• github_repo_status

• github_pull_main

• github_create_feature_branch

• github_push_feature_branch

• github_create_pull_request

• github_prepare_feature_workflow

Safety Notes

• Repositories must be inside GITHUB_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS.

• No generic shell execution tool is exposed.

• Direct pushes to main or master are refused.

• Force pushes and branch deletion are not implemented.

• A clean worktree is required before pulling, branch creation, and PR creation by default.

• Branch names are validated with git check-ref-format --branch.