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github/github-mcp-server

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📇 ☁️ - Official GitHub server for integration with repository management, PRs, issues, and more.

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Install

npx -y github-github-mcp-server

Required environment variables

GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKENSet in your MCP config
YOUR_TOKENSet in your MCP config

claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-github-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github-github-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "YOUR_TOKEN": "<YOUR_YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add this to your Claude Desktop config file. Find it at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS.