GitHub Explorer
About
Integrates with GitHub's API to enable repository exploration, code collaboration, and user profile analysis through authenticated data retrieval functions.
Details
- Author
- divyanshkushwaha
- Repository
- DivyanshKushwaha/GitHub-MCP-Server-Claude
- Downloads
- 332
- Categories
- Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, Workplace, File Management, AI, Knowledge Base, Infrastructure, API, Frontend
Jump to
- Fetch GitHub user information by username.
- Retrieve details of a GitHub repository.
- Get authenticated user details using a GitHub personal access token.
- Utilizes FastMCP for modular command processing.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
GitHub ExplorerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)my_env/Scripts/uvArguments-
Argument 1
run -
Argument 2
D:/MCP_Project/main.py
Environment-
GITHUB_TOKEN
your_personal_access_token
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Clone the repository, create a Python virtual environment (Python ≥3.10 required), install dependencies from requirements.txt, set your GitHub personal access token in a .env file (key GITHUB_TOKEN), and configure claude_desktop_config.json to point to the server script. Launch the Claude Desktop application to invoke the server.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"github explorer": {
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "your_personal_access_token"
},
"args": [
"run",
"D:/MCP_Project/main.py"
],
"command": "my_env/Scripts/uv"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "your_personal_access_token"
},
"args": [
"run",
"D:/MCP_Project/main.py"
],
"command": "my_env/Scripts/uv"
}Macos
{
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "your_personal_access_token"
},
"args": [
"run",
"D:/MCP_Project/main.py"
],
"command": "my_env/Scripts/uv"
}Windows
{
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "your_personal_access_token"
},
"args": [
"run",
"D:/MCP_Project/main.py"
],
"command": "my_env/Scripts/uv"
}GitHub MCP Server
Overview
GitHub MCP Server is an API-based tool that interacts with GitHub using the MCP (Modular Command Processor) framework. It provides various functionalities, including fetching user details, repository information, and authenticated user data using GitHub's REST API.
This project is built using Python and leverages httpx for asynchronous API calls. It also uses dotenv for secure handling of GitHub authentication tokens.
Features
- Fetch GitHub user information by username.
- Retrieve details of a GitHub repository.
- Get authenticated user details using a GitHub personal access token.
- Utilizes FastMCP for modular command processing.
Project Structure
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