The MCP GitHub Server is a real MCP server implementation for GitHub API access from MCP-compatible AI clients.
- Repository:
modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived (archived official reference servers)
- Common package:
@modelcontextprotocol/server-github
- Status: Archived reference server in the official MCP servers ecosystem
- Read repository contents and metadata
- Inspect issues and pull requests
- Create or update issues/PR comments (implementation-dependent)
- Search repositories or code
- AI-assisted code review workflows
- Repository documentation lookup
- Issue triage and release preparation support
GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-github
- Use scoped GitHub tokens
- Separate read-only and write-enabled configurations
- Limit organization/repository access where possible
- Prefer fine-grained PATs where supported
- Review archived status before production use