GitHub

GitHub MCP (Model Context Protocol) server

Hello! This is a GitHub MCP server designed to enable MCP-compatible LLMs, such as Claude, to communicate with my MCP server and interact with the GitHub API.

- TypeScript (programming language)
- Octokit (for making API requests to GitHub)
- Model Context Protocol SDK
- Clone the repository
- Runnpm install
- Add.envfile looking at the sample provided in.env.examplefile
- To build the TypeScript files to Javascript, runnpx tsc
- To finally run the project, runnode build/index.js
- Simply runnpx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node build/index.jsin the terminal
- Go tohttp://localhost:5173
- You can now see theMCP inspectorand test.
- Download and install Claude Desktop fromhere
- Go to File > Settings... > Developer > Edit Config
- It should open up the location of claude_desktop_config.json file.
- Open that file in your code editor and add the following:

{ "mcpServers": { "gh": { "command": "node", "args": ["absolute\\path\\to\\your\\index.js\\file"], "env": { "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-github-personal-access-token" } } } }

- Tools (4)

- create-issue: create a new issue in a GitHub repository
- get-repo-info: get information about a specific GitHub repository
- list-issues: list issues in a GitHub repository
- search-repos: Search for GitHub repositories

- create-issue-description: generate a description for a GitHub issue
- create-pull-request-description: generate a description for a GitHub pull request
- search-repos-prompt: generate a query for searching GitHub repositories
- create-issue-prompt: generate parameters for creating a GitHub issue
- enhance-github-response: format and enhance raw GitHub API response data

You can write your own prompts or select a suitable prompt from the dropdown in the "Choose an integration" option for MCP in Claude desktop

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