MCP SERVER

GitHub MCP Server

Search repositories and manage issues, pull requests and workflows through MCP.

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About GitHub MCP Server

Search repositories and manage issues, pull requests and workflows through MCP. The observed registry record includes oci distributions for MCP clients.

What you can do

Repository search
Issue management
Pull request management

How to connect

What is the endpoint and how does it run?

Hosted remote server over Streamable HTTP at https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/.

Does it need authentication?

The publisher documents its own access method.

Required request headers: Authorization.

How do I add GitHub MCP Server to Claude Code, Cursor or Claude Desktop?

One command, any client (npm)

npx ruagentic add github-mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http github https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/

Cursor, Windsurf and other clients that accept a URL (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json, via the mcp-remote bridge)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Snippets are generated from the published endpoint; the server name github is only a label you can change. Add the credentials the publisher documents.

Project website Documentation Source repository

REMOTE ENDPOINThttps://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/Use this URL in a compatible client. Follow the provider’s authentication instructions.

1 published remote connection

streamable-httphttps://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/

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

Published packages

ocighcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.12.0Transport: stdio

Questions and answers

What is GitHub MCP Server?

GitHub MCP Server is an MCP server in the Developer tools category. Search repositories and manage issues, pull requests and workflows through MCP.

How do I connect to GitHub MCP Server?

Hosted remote server over Streamable HTTP at https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/. The listing page has ready-made snippets for Claude Code, Cursor and Claude Desktop.

Does GitHub MCP Server need authentication?

The publisher documents its own access method. Required request headers: Authorization.

What can GitHub MCP Server do?

According to the published details: Repository search; Issue management; Pull request management.

Where is GitHub MCP Server published?

Its homepage is https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server and its source repository is https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server. RUAGENTIC read these details from Official MCP Registry on September 8, 2026 and did not install or run the project.

Sources and checks

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Registry name: io.github.github/github-mcp-server
Published version: 1.12.0

Source information collected September 8, 2026.

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