github-mcp

MCP server for the GitHub REST API — 1,112 tools covering all 44 API categories.

Auto-generated from GitHub's OpenAPI spec using a code generator that produces typed tool definitions with Zod validation.

Installation

npm install github-rest-mcp

Or from GitHub Packages:

npm install @eyalm321/github-mcp

Configuration

Set your GitHub Personal Access Token:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here

Category Filter

By default all 1,112 tools are registered. To enable only specific categories:

export GITHUB_MCP_CATEGORIES=repos,issues,pulls,actions

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github-rest-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_your_token_here",
        "GITHUB_MCP_CATEGORIES": "repos,issues,pulls,actions,users,orgs,git,search"
      }
    }
  }
}

API Categories

Tool Naming

Tools follow the pattern github_{category}_{action}, derived from GitHub's operation IDs:

• github_repos_get — Get a repository
• github_issues_create — Create an issue
• github_pulls_list — List pull requests
• github_actions_list_workflow_runs — List workflow runs

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Regenerate tools from OpenAPI spec
npm run generate

# Build
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test

# Start the server
npm start

Regenerating Tools

The tool files in src/tools/ are auto-generated from GitHub's OpenAPI spec. To update:

# Delete cached spec to force re-download
rm -f api-description.json

# Regenerate
npm run generate

License

MIT