GitHub.

by GitHub

Issues, PRs, repos, and Actions over the GitHub API.

Install

docker run ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server

Transports

Streamable HTTPstdio (local)

Tools exposed

§ About

First-party MCP server for the GitHub API. Read and write issues, pull requests, comments, and repository metadata. Critical for agents that need to triage, respond, or operate on GitHub-native workflows without screen-scraping the web UI.

§ Features

Search and read issues, PRs, commits
Open and update issues and PRs
List and create branches and tags
Trigger and monitor Actions

§ Use cases

Triage agents that auto-label and respond to issuesPR-review agentsRelease-management automation

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