GitHub MCP Server implemented in Go.
Create a GitHub Personal Access Token with the appropriate permissionsand set it as the GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable.
get_me - Get details of the authenticated userget_issue - Gets the contents of an issue within a repository
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)issue_number: Issue number (number, required)add_issue_comment - Add a comment to an issue
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)issue_number: Issue number (number, required)body: Comment text (string, required)search_issues - Search for issues and pull requests
query: Search query (string, required)sort: Sort field (string, optional)order: Sort order (string, optional)page: Page number (number, optional)per_page: Results per page (number, optional)get_pull_request - Get details of a specific pull request
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)pull_number: Pull request number (number, required)list_pull_requests - List and filter repository pull requests
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)state: PR state (string, optional)sort: Sort field (string, optional)direction: Sort direction (string, optional)per_page: Results per page (number, optional)page: Page number (number, optional)merge_pull_request - Merge a pull request
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)pull_number: Pull request number (number, required)commit_title: Title for the merge commit (string, optional)commit_message: Message for the merge commit (string, optional)merge_method: Merge method (string, optional)get_pull_request_files - Get the list of files changed in a pull request
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)pull_number: Pull request number (number, required)get_pull_request_status - Get the combined status of all status checks for a pull request
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)pull_number: Pull request number (number, required)update_pull_request_branch - Update a pull request branch with the latest changes from the base branch
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)pull_number: Pull request number (number, required)expected_head_sha: The expected SHA of the pull request's HEAD ref (string, optional)get_pull_request_comments - Get the review comments on a pull request
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)pull_number: Pull request number (number, required)get_pull_request_reviews - Get the reviews on a pull request
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)pull_number: Pull request number (number, required)create_or_update_file - Create or update a single file in a repository
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)path: File path (string, required)message: Commit message (string, required)content: File content (string, required)branch: Branch name (string, optional)sha: File SHA if updating (string, optional)search_repositories - Search for GitHub repositories
query: Search query (string, required)sort: Sort field (string, optional)order: Sort order (string, optional)page: Page number (number, optional)per_page: Results per page (number, optional)create_repository - Create a new GitHub repository
name: Repository name (string, required)description: Repository description (string, optional)private: Whether the repository is private (boolean, optional)auto_init: Auto-initialize with README (boolean, optional)gitignore_template: Gitignore template name (string, optional)get_file_contents - Get contents of a file or directory
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)path: File path (string, required)ref: Git reference (string, optional)fork_repository - Fork a repository
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)organization: Target organization name (string, optional)create_branch - Create a new branch
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)branch: New branch name (string, required)sha: SHA to create branch from (string, required)list_commits - Gets commits of a branch in a repository
owner: Repository owner (string, required)repo: Repository name (string, required)sha: Branch name, tag, or commit SHA (string, optional)path: Only commits containing this file path (string, optional)page: Page number (number, optional)per_page: Results per page (number, optional)Standard input/output server go run cmd/server/main.go stdio E.g:
Set the PAT token in the environment variable and run:
And you should see the output of the GitHub MCP server responding with the user information.
GitHub MCP Server running on stdio{" jsonrpc" " 2.0" " id" " result" " content" " type" " text" " text" " {\" login\" :\" juruen\" ,\" id\" ... } } ] } } Lots of things!
Missing tools:
push_files (files array) create_issue (assignees and labels arrays) list_issues (labels array) update_issue (labels and assignees arrays) create_pull_request_review (comments array) Testing
Unit tests Integration tests Blackbox testing: ideally comparing output to Anthromorphic's server to make sure that this is a fully compatible drop-in replacement. And some other stuff: