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R2· OAuth, once

Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.

v2.0.2 · active · repository · descriptor JSON · versions

An agent can connect after a one-time OAuth consent by a human.Remote endpoint behind OAuth 2. Tokens stay with the agent; the registry only exposes the authorization metadata.
Quality67needs work
Trust93of 100
Uptime, 30 days100%
Latency p5097 ms

Connect

8 clients · secrets stay placeholders
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
claude mcp add --transport http github-mcp-server https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}"
[mcp_servers.github-mcp-server]
url = "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
bearer_token_env_var = "GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN"
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
      "enabled": true,
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {env:GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=github-mcp-server&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXBpLmdpdGh1YmNvcGlsb3QuY29tL21jcC8iLCJoZWFkZXJzIjp7IkF1dGhvcml6YXRpb24iOiJCZWFyZXIgJHtHSVRIVUJfTUNQX1NFUlZFUl9UT0tFTn0ifX0%3D"
}
{
  "servers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
extensions:
  "github-mcp-server":
    enabled: true
    name: "github-mcp-server"
    type: streamable_http
    uri: "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
    headers:
      "Authorization": "Bearer ${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}"
    timeout: 300

Placeholders to fill from your own secret store: ${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}. The registry never accepts secret values.

Quality 67 / 100needs work

protocoln/a · weight 25
  • n/a
    protocol.modern, protocol.stateless, protocol.transport, protocol.list_ttlno remote answered a protocol handshake (not probed yet, unreachable, or local-only)
authorization67 · weight 15
  • pass
    auth.prmProtected Resource Metadata (RFC 9728) published
  • pass
    auth.as_metadataauthorization server metadata reachable
  • fail
    auth.cimdno way for a new client to register (neither CIMD nor DCR)
  • n/a
    auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL
tool hygienen/a · weight 30
  • n/a
    tools.descriptions, tools.description_length, tools.schemas, tools.annotations, tools.directory_hints, tools.token_cost, tools.api_dumptool list unknown (behind auth, not probed, or empty)
stabilityn/a · weight 15
  • n/a
    stability.changes, stability.rug_pulltool list unknown
dependenciesn/a · weight 15
  • n/a
    deps.known_vulns, deps.mcp_sdk_version, deps.resolvableno npm or PyPI package

Tool list unknown · checked 2026-10-19 11:27 UTC

Tool changes

No tool definition changes recorded. A server's first observation is its baseline; later probes record what changes.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 93 / 100

provenance80
liveness100
freshness100
hygiene95

+repository +namespace-matches-repo +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-11d-ago -unpinned-packages(1)

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Endpoints

remoteauthreachableuptime 30dp50protocollast ok
https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ streamable-httpoauth2 AS: https://github.com/login/oauthyes100%97 ms–2026-10-19
packageregistryversionruntimesecrets
ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.2ociunpinned–token

Tools (0)

No tools observed. Tools appear once a credential-free probe can list them.

Schemas: list_tools.

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Official server.json
{
  "name": "io.github.github/github-mcp-server",
  "title": "GitHub",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "remotes": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "Authorization",
          "isSecret": true,
          "description": "Authorization header with authentication token (PAT or App token)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "version": "2.0.2",
  "packages": [
    {
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.2",
      "registryType": "oci",
      "runtimeArguments": [
        {
          "name": "-p",
          "type": "named",
          "value": "127.0.0.1:8085:8085",
          "description": "Publish the OAuth callback port to loopback so the in-container login callback is reachable"
        },
        {
          "name": "-e",
          "type": "named",
          "value": "GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT=8085",
          "description": "Fixed OAuth callback port, matching the published port above"
        },
        {
          "name": "-e",
          "type": "named",
          "value": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN={token}",
          "variables": {
            "token": {
              "format": "string",
              "isSecret": true
            }
          },
          "description": "Optional GitHub Personal Access Token. Omit to log in with OAuth on first use."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language."
}