Mar 20, 2025 · Mar 18, 2025 · Mar 20, 2025
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 go install ./cmd/github-mcp-server
 ```

 Make sure you:

 1. Set your `GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` environment variable and ensure VS Code has access to it.
 2. VS Code Insiders has access to the `github-mcp-server` binary

 Go to settings, find the MCP related settings, and set them to:
 Run **Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)**, and create or append to the `mcp` setting:

 ```json
 {
  "mcp": {
    "inputs": [],
    "inputs": [
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "githubpat",
        "description": "GitHub Personal Access Token",
        "password": true
      }
    ],
    "servers": {
      "mcp-github-server": {
        "command": "path-to-your/github-mcp-server",
        "args": ["stdio"],
        "env": {}
        "env": {
          "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:githubpat}"
        },
      }
    }
  }
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Expand Up		@@ -326,22 +326,26 @@ First of all, install `github-mcp-server` with:
		go install ./cmd/github-mcp-server
		```

		Make sure you:

		1. Set your `GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` environment variable and ensure VS Code has access to it.
		2. VS Code Insiders has access to the `github-mcp-server` binary

		Go to settings, find the MCP related settings, and set them to:
		Run Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON), and create or append to the `mcp` setting:

		```json
		{
		"mcp": {
		"inputs": [],
		"inputs": [
		{
		"type": "promptString",
		"id": "githubpat",
		"description": "GitHub Personal Access Token",
		"password": true
		}
		],
		"servers": {
		"mcp-github-server": {
		"command": "path-to-your/github-mcp-server",
		"args": ["stdio"],
		"env": {}
		"env": {
		"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:githubpat}"
		},
		}
		}
		}
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