GitHub Issue MCP MCP Server

Name: GitHub Issue MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.sarim-aliii

io.github.sarim-aliii/github-issue-mcp

Repository Registry

What is the GitHub Issue MCP MCP server?

AI-powered MCP server for generating GitHub issues and detecting semantic duplicates.

How to install GitHub Issue MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

GITHUB_TOKEN
required
secret
GitHub personal access token used to access the configured repository.
GITHUB_OWNER
required
GitHub repository owner or organization.
GITHUB_REPO
required
GitHub repository name.
GEMINI_API_KEY
required
secret
Google Gemini API key used for AI-powered issue generation and semantic duplicate analysis.

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-issue-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github-issue-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<YOUR_GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<YOUR_GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-issue-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github-issue-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<YOUR_GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<YOUR_GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-issue-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github-issue-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<YOUR_GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<YOUR_GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "github-issue-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github-issue-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<YOUR_GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<YOUR_GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add github-issue-mcp --env GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN> --env GITHUB_OWNER=<YOUR_GITHUB_OWNER> --env GITHUB_REPO=<YOUR_GITHUB_REPO> --env GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY> -- npx -y github-issue-mcp