MCP Server

GitHub MCP Server

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

io.github.github/github-mcp-server

Repository Registry

What is the GitHub MCP server?

Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.

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

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

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.5.0",
        "-p",
        "127.0.0.1:8085:8085",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT=8085",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN={token}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.5.0",
        "-p",
        "127.0.0.1:8085:8085",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT=8085",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN={token}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.5.0",
        "-p",
        "127.0.0.1:8085:8085",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT=8085",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN={token}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.5.0",
        "-p",
        "127.0.0.1:8085:8085",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT=8085",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN={token}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add github-mcp-server --env Authorization=<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:1.5.0 -p 127.0.0.1:8085:8085 -e GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT=8085 -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN={token}