This MCP server provides comprehensive access to GitHub's API, enabling seamless integration with GitHub's developer platform directly from your AI assistant. The server offers extensive functionality across all major GitHub features, from basic repository management to advanced CI/CD workflows and security monitoring.
The tools are organized into several key categories: repository operations, issue and project management, pull request workflows, code review processes, security scanning, GitHub Actions automation, notifications, search capabilities, discussions, and user account management. This makes it possible to perform virtually any GitHub operation programmatically through natural language conversations.
Whether you're managing repositories, collaborating on code, monitoring security alerts, or automating development workflows, this MCP server transforms GitHub into a conversational interface that can handle complex multi-step operations across your entire development lifecycle.
Create and manage repositories with full version control
Create a new private repository called "project-alpha" with the description "Internal analytics dashboard" and initialize it with a README
Fork the repository microsoft/vscode to my account and then create a new branch called "feature-dark-theme" from the main branch
Get the contents of the src/components/Header.js file from the main branch of my react-dashboard repository
Organize work with comprehensive issue management and sub-task hierarchies
Create a new issue titled "Implement user authentication system" in my web-app repository, assign it to john-dev, and add the labels "enhancement" and "high-priority"
Add three sub-issues to issue #45 in my project repo: "Design login UI", "Set up JWT authentication", and "Add password reset functionality"
Show me all open issues in the backend-api repository that are labeled as "bug" and created in the last 30 days
Streamline code review and merge processes
Create a pull request to merge my feature-auth branch into main for the web-app repository with the title "Add OAuth integration" and request review from sarah-dev
Get the diff for pull request #23 in the mobile-app repository and show me which files were changed
Merge pull request #15 in my api-server repository using the squash merge method with the commit message "Implement rate limiting feature"
Facilitate thorough code reviews with structured feedback
Create a pending review for pull request #18 in the frontend repository, then add a comment on line 45 of src/utils/validation.js suggesting to use regex for email validation
Submit my pending review for pull request #12 with approval and the comment "Great implementation, looks good to merge"
Request a GitHub Copilot review for pull request #25 in my python-service repository to get automated feedback before human review
Track and manage security vulnerabilities across your codebase
List all high-severity code scanning alerts in my production-app repository that are currently open
Show me details for Dependabot alert #7 in my node-backend repository and explain what vulnerability it addresses
Get all secret scanning alerts for my organization's repositories to check for any leaked API keys or tokens
Monitor and control GitHub Actions workflows
Run the "deploy-to-staging" workflow on the main branch of my web-service repository with the input parameter environment=staging
Show me the logs for all failed jobs in workflow run #1234 of my ci-pipeline repository to debug the build failure
List all workflow runs for the "test-and-build" workflow in my mobile-app repository that were triggered by push events in the last week
Find repositories, code, users, and issues across GitHub
Search for Python repositories with more than 1000 stars that contain machine learning code and were updated in the last month
Find all issues across my repositories that mention "authentication" and are still open
Search for the function "calculateTax" in JavaScript files across all public repositories to see implementation examples
Stay informed about repository activity and manage team communications
Show me all my GitHub notifications from the last 3 days, including pull request reviews, issue mentions, and security alerts
Mark all notifications as read for the team-project repository since I've reviewed them in our standup meeting
Set up notification watching for the open-source-lib repository so I get notified about all new issues and pull requests
Foster open communication and knowledge sharing
Create a discussion in the "Ideas" category of my community-project repository with the title "Feature Request: Dark Mode Support"
List all discussions in the documentation-site repository and show me the most recent comments on each
Get all comments from the discussion about "API versioning strategy" in my backend-services repository
Leverage AI assistance for complex development tasks
Use GitHub Copilot to create a pull request that refactors the user service in my microservices-app repository to use async/await instead of promises
Assign GitHub Copilot to work on issue #42 about implementing Redis caching in my api-gateway repository
Efficiently manage repository contents and documentation
Update the README.md file in my project-docs repository with new installation instructions and commit the changes to the main branch
Create multiple files in my new-service repository: src/index.js with a basic Express server setup, package.json with dependencies, and .gitignore with Node.js exclusions
Delete the deprecated config/old-settings.json file from my web-application repository and commit the removal