Description

GitHub MCP server provides a bridge between Claude and the GitHub API, enabling AI assistants to interact with GitHub repositories. Built with TypeScript and Octokit, it offers tools for searching repositories, retrieving repository information, listing issues, and creating new issues. The server also includes prompt handlers that generate formatted content for issue descriptions, pull request descriptions, and search queries. This implementation is particularly useful for developers who want to manage their GitHub projects directly through AI conversations, streamlining workflows for issue tracking and repository exploration.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/alsonwangkhem/github-mcp-2

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "path/to/server.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}