GitHub MCP Connector for Claude.ai

Connect your GitHub account to Claude.ai. Browse repos, issues, PRs and your profile directly in conversation.

Tools available in Claude

Setup

1. Create a GitHub OAuth App

1. Go to GitHub → Settings → Developer settings → OAuth Apps → New OAuth App

2. Fill in:

   • Application name: GitHub MCP for Claude

   • Homepage URL: your Railway URL (or http://localhost:3000 for dev)

   • Authorization callback URL: https://your-app.up.railway.app/oauth/callback

3. Copy the Client ID and generate a Client Secret

2. Deploy to Railway

# Clone and push to GitHub first, then:
railway login
railway init
railway up

Set environment variables in Railway dashboard:

GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=...
GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=...
BASE_URL=https://your-app.up.railway.app

3. Connect in Claude.ai

1. Go to Claude.ai → Settings → Integrations

2. Click Add MCP server

3. Enter your Railway URL: https://your-app.up.railway.app/mcp

4. Click Connect — GitHub OAuth flow opens

5. Authorize → done ✅

4. Local development

npm install
cp .env.example .env   # fill in your values
npm run dev

Server runs at http://localhost:3000

Example prompts in Claude

• "Show me my GitHub repos"

• "What are the open issues in my listifyapp repo?"

• "Show recent commits on Ahmedaltu/thinbox"

• "Any open PRs on my ubuntu-cloud-lab?"

Publishing to Anthropic's MCP directory

Once deployed and working:

1. Fork anthropics/anthropic-quickstarts

2. Add your connector entry with name, URL, description, and tool list

3. Open a PR — Anthropic reviews and lists it

License

MIT