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GitHub Star Count MCP Server

GitHub Star Count MCP Server

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github.com/JavaTheHutt1Version Control1Updated 79w ago
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About GitHub Star Count MCP Server

GitHub Star Count MCP Server lets Claude retrieve star counts and basic statistics for public GitHub repositories. It is configured for use with Claude Desktop and requires a GitHub token.

Key features

  1. 01Fetch public repository star counts
  2. 02Expose a simple repository statistics API
  3. 03Integrate with Claude Desktop

Use cases

  1. 01Checking the stars on a public repository
  2. 02Retrieving repository statistics through Claude Desktop

MCP support

The server exposes GitHub repository star-count lookup to MCP clients, with documented integration for Claude Desktop.

#github#mcp#star-count

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

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Details

From the project README

GitHub Star Count MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows Claude to fetch star counts from GitHub repositories.

Features

  • Fetch star counts for any public GitHub repository
  • Integrates with Claude Desktop via MCP
  • Simple API for getting repository statistics

Setup

Prerequisites
  • Python 3.11+
  • uv for dependency management
  • GitHub Personal Access Token
Installation

  1. Clone this repository:

    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/gh_mcp.git
cd gh_mcp

  2. Install dependencies:

    uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -r requirements.txt

  3. Create a .env file with your GitHub token:

    GITHUB_TOKEN=your_github_token_here

Usage

Running the MCP Server

Run the MCP server directly:

python star_count.py

Or use the provided shell script:

./run_star_count.sh
Claude Desktop Integration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration file (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

"github-star-count-mcp": {
  "command": "/bin/bash",
  "args": [
    "/path/to/gh_mcp/run_star_count.sh"
  ]
}
Example Prompts for Claude

Once the MCP server is configured with Claude Desktop, you can use prompts like:

Use the github-star-count-mcp MCP server to get the star count for the repository "anthropics/claude-api" owned by "anthropics"

Project Structure

  • star_count.py: Main MCP server implementation
  • github_integration.py: GitHub API integration functions
  • run_star_count.sh: Helper script for running the MCP server
  • test_mcp.py: Simple test MCP server for verification

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

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