Changelog

Breaking changes

A new default toolset configuration has been introduced in#1159. This now includes the five most-used toolset groups:

• context - Current user and GitHub context
• repos - Repository operations
• issues - Issue tracking
• pull_requests - PR workflows
• users - User information

For more details, check out thisdiscussion post.

Changes to tools

Pull request tooling

The below pull request tools have been consolidated into a single powerful tool:

• get_pull_request
• get_pull_request_files
• get_pull_request_status
• get_pull_request_diff
• get_pull_request_reviews
• get_pull_request_review_comments

The newpull_request_read tool (decreasing from 6 to 1 tools) makes use of the method argument to perform these tasks:

• get
• get_files
• get_status
• get_diff
• get_reviews
• get_review_comments

New tools

Label management

• get_label
• list_label
• label_write
  • method argument:
    • create
    • update
    • delete

Projects

• update_project_item

What's Changed

• Adding default toolset grouping by@tonytrg in#1159
• Consolidating pull requestsget tools by@almaleksia in#1172
• Fix binary files retrieval by@kerobbi in#1183
• Improve registry release reliability by@MattBabbage in#1174
• Add sort and order parameters to search_repositories tool by@kerobbi in#1191
• adding labels tools by@tonytrg in#1193
• Add update project item tool by@JoannaaKL in#1194
• rename tooling by@tonytrg in#1198

Full Changelog:v0.17.1...v0.18.0

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Changelog

We removed update_project_item tool that caused issues with input schema validation.

What's Changed

• OSS Registry schema update by@MattBabbage in#1163
• Remove update_project_item tool by@JoannaaKL in#1167

Full Changelog:v0.17.0...v0.17.1

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Improvements

• MCP Registry Publication - Declobbering by@MattBabbage in#1151

New Tools

• get_project_field,list_project_items,get_project_item by@JoannaaKL in#1145
• add_project_item,delete_project_item,update_project_item by@JoannaaKL in#1152

Full Changelog:v0.16.0...v0.17.0

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New Tools

New toolset for Projects V2:

• get_project
• list_projects
• list_project_fields

What's Changed

• Add server instructions based on toolsets by@olaservo in#1091
• Add tools for Projects V2 by@JoannaaKL in#1114 and#1113
• Update documentation to reflect OAuth support by@omgitsads in#1070
• Add MCP Registry configuration@MattBabbage in#1128
• Add Copilot Spaces toolset to readme by@almaleksia in#1135
• dependencies update by@dependabot[bot]

New Contributors

• @olaservo made their first contribution in#1091

Full Changelog:v0.15.0...v0.16.0

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What's Changed

• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by@dependabot[bot] in#878
• Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.10.0 to 1.11.1 by@dependabot[bot] in#1031
• docs: Add Google Gemini CLI installation guide and integration by@ipapapa in#757
• Update README.md by@D1M1TR10S in#1044
• build(deps): bump docker/metadata-action from 5.0.0 to 5.8.0 by@dependabot[bot] in#880
• Updating tool get_pull_request_comments -> get_pull_request_review_comments by@tonytrg in#1062
• Add return ID to CRUD tools by@mattdholloway in#1074
• npm install by@Reaper1-1 in#1042
• Add specifying state change reason toupdate_issue tool by@kerobbi in#1073
• Add starred repository support to GitHub MCP server by @Copilot in#1078

New Contributors

• @ipapapa made their first contribution in#757
• @Reaper1-1 made their first contribution in#1042
• @Copilot made their first contribution in#1078

Full Changelog:v0.14.0...v0.15.0

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Notice for Contributors: We would like to encourage contributors to the GitHub MCP server to create an issue in addition to a PR when contributing. Further details can be found here:https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#what-were-looking-for

Tool Updates

• Add minimal response to CRUD tools,repositories andsearch toolsets by@mattdholloway in#988
• Add support for creating new repos under org by@mattdholloway in#1023

What's Changed

• Encourage issue creation for contribution requests by@IrynaKulakova in#1003
• Clarify Visual Studio version and setup instructions by@AArnott in#787

New Contributors

• @IrynaKulakova made their first contribution in#1003
• @AArnott made their first contribution in#787

Full Changelog:v0.13.0...v0.14.0

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New Tools

• Newget_release_by_tag tool
• New toolset for Security Advisories:list_repository_security_advisories,list_org_repository_security_advisories ,list_global_security_advisories andget_global_security_advisory

Tool updates

• Reduced memory footprint ofget_job_logs tool

What's Changed

• Update "Close inactive issues" workflow to close issues after 180 days of inactivity by@tommaso-moro in#909
• Update Claude MCP install guide after testing by@D1M1TR10S in#706
• Add actions job log buffer and profiler by@mattdholloway in#866
• Add get_release_by_tag tool by@tommaso-moro in#938
• docs(readme): Update readme to point to correct installation guides index by@beccccaboo in#892
• Add Global Security Advisories Toolset by@jurre in#919
• Repository security advisories by@jurre in#925
• Update Cursor installation link by@tommaso-moro in#940
• Fix role from "system" to "user" in message prompt by@0xGosu and@tommaso-moro in#941

New Contributors

• @beccccaboo made their first contribution in#892
• @jurre made their first contribution in#919

Full Changelog:v0.12.1...v0.13.0

Contributors

This release contains assets for the GitHub MCP Server 0.12.0

New Tools

• Add List issue types tool by@akenneth in#616
• Addget_teams andget_team_members tools by@mattdholloway in#834
• List releases by@JoannaaKL in#862

Tool Updates

• Updateremove_sub_issue tool to use go-github by@tommaso-moro in#856
• Add issue types by@JoannaaKL in#869
• Fix duplicate filter issues across all search tools by@gokhanarkan in#828
• Adding comments sorting for list_issues by@MattBabbage in#854

What's Changed

• Tommy/improve-ref-handling by@tommaso-moro in#851
• Handle Actions Cancel Workflow Run returning a 202 by@omgitsads in#855
• fix: replace logrus with slog by@ricochet in#781
• Add workflow to mark inactive issues by@JoannaaKL in#861
• Enable Dependabot by@zkoppert in#654
• Bump SDK version to 0.36.0 by@almaleksia in#863
• Use structs from updated SDK by@almaleksia in#886

New Contributors

• @ricochet made their first contribution in#781
• @akenneth made their first contribution in#616
• @gokhanarkan made their first contribution in#828
• @zkoppert made their first contribution in#654
• @almaleksia made their first contribution in#863

Full Changelog:v0.11.0...v0.12.0

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Tool Updates

• Added support for org-level discussions in thelist_discussion_categories tool
• Fixedsearch_issues andsearch_pull_requests tool descriptions to reference issues and pull requests respectively, rather than notifications
• Migratedlist_issues tool from REST to GraphQL API

What's Changed

• Add title field to discussion in get_discussion tool by@tommaso-moro in#803
• Add support for org-level discussions in list_discussion_categories tool by@tommaso-moro in#819
• Bump go-github to v74 by@tommaso-moro in#826
• fix: correct descriptions for PR/issue searching by@klaskosk in#840
• Migrate list_issues tool from REST to GraphQL API by@MattBabbage in#833

New Contributors

• @klaskosk made their first contribution in#840
• @MattBabbage made their first contribution in#833

Full Changelog:v0.10.0...v0.11.0

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