Home › Version Control › GitHub

GitHub

Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.

Official TypeScript Cloud Remote

★ 33,160 stars Last pushed 2026-09-22 License: MIT

View repository →

Connect

Remote (streamable-http)

https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ Requires auth (checked 2026-09-24)

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http github-mcp-server https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ --header "Authorization: <YOUR_VALUE>"

Or add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_VALUE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Authorization secret — Authorization header with authentication token (PAT or App token)

Package (oci)

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.12.2

Or add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.12.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}

This server takes extra arguments — see its repository.