Schema | github-mcp

github-mcp

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`GH_TOKEN`	No	GitHub personal access token. Recommended but not required if `gh` is already authenticated.
`GITHUB_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS`	Yes	Allowed root directories for repository operations.
`GITHUB_MCP_DEFAULT_REMOTE`	No	Default remote name.	origin
`GITHUB_MCP_DEFAULT_BASE_BRANCH`	No	Default base branch name.	main
`GITHUB_MCP_REQUIRE_CLEAN_WORKTREE`	No	Require clean worktree before operations.	true

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.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{ "listChanged": true }

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
github_repo_statusA	Inspect a local Git repository status, branch, remotes, upstream, and MCP allowed roots.
github_pull_mainA	Fetch, switch to the base branch, and fast-forward pull from the configured remote.
github_create_feature_branchB	Create a new feature branch from the base branch after validating safety constraints.
github_push_feature_branchA	Push a non-protected feature branch and set upstream. Refuses main/master.
github_create_pull_requestB	Create a ready-for-review pull request from a pushed feature branch into the base branch.
github_prepare_feature_workflowA	Check status, update main, and create a new feature branch. Does not push or create a PR.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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