GitHub MCP Server

Name: GitHub MCP Server
Author: io.github.Abhishekkumar2021

io.github.Abhishekkumar2021/github

Repository Registry

What is the GitHub MCP server?

GitHub via MCP: search, repos, issues, PRs, files, notifications. OAuth device flow or token.

How to install GitHub

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

GITHUB_TOKEN
secret
A GitHub Personal Access Token (skips the OAuth device flow).
GITHUB_CLIENT_ID
OAuth App client id (public) to enable the device-flow login.
GITHUB_READONLY
Set to 1 or true to disable issue-creating/commenting tools.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@abhishekmcp/github"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GITHUB_READONLY": "<YOUR_GITHUB_READONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@abhishekmcp/github"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GITHUB_READONLY": "<YOUR_GITHUB_READONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@abhishekmcp/github"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GITHUB_READONLY": "<YOUR_GITHUB_READONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "github": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@abhishekmcp/github"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GITHUB_READONLY": "<YOUR_GITHUB_READONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add github --env GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN> --env GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID> --env GITHUB_READONLY=<YOUR_GITHUB_READONLY> -- npx -y @abhishekmcp/github

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