GitHub MCP

About

GitHub's official MCP server that lets AI agents read code and manage issues, pull requests and Actions. Use GitHub's hosted endpoint or run it locally with Docker or a binary. Tools act with the permissions of your OAuth login or token.

What you can do with it

• Let an agent browse code, search files and read commits across your repos
• Create, triage and update issues and pull requests from your AI assistant
• Check GitHub Actions runs and dig into failed builds

Get started

1. Add https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ to your MCP client
2. Sign in with GitHub OAuth, or send a personal access token
3. Or run ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server locally with Docker

Example

{
  "servers": {
    "github": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Details

Hosting

Hosted service, Runs locally

Available in

Worldwide

MCP server

Remote

Works with

GitHub