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GitHub MCP

Provides GitHub API access for repositories, issues, pull requests, reviews, and code search. Agents can summarize PR diffs, draft code reviews, manage issues, and navigate large organizations using OAuth-authenticated API calls. Supports both github.com and GitHub Enterprise deployments.

Category Developer Tools
Install npm
Runtime Node.js
githubcodereview

Use cases

  • Reviewer agent analyzes PR changes and drafts constructive code review comments
  • Project manager agent creates and triages issues based on conversation context
  • Developer agent searches codebase across organization repositories for patterns
  • Release engineer agent generates changelog by analyzing merged PRs since last release
  • Onboarding agent explores repository structure to understand a new codebase

Key features

  • Cursor
  • Codex
  • Claude Desktop

Frequently Asked Questions

What GitHub scopes does the MCP server require?
The server requires repository and read-only organization scopes. For full functionality including issues and PRs, grant repo, read:org, and read:discussion scopes.
Does it support GitHub Enterprise Server?
Yes, you can configure the server to use your GitHub Enterprise instance URL instead of github.com by setting the GITHUB_API_URL environment variable.
How does the agent handle rate limits?
The server implements exponential backoff for rate limit responses. For heavy usage, consider authenticating with a GitHub App installation instead of personal access tokens.

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