GitHub MCP Server

GitHub MCP Server

A Simple custom-built MCP server that provides GitHub integration features through various tools and resources.

Demo

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/63b92a95-56f3-4290-9c73-acc4ad407246

Features

• Get user information and profile details
• List user repositories and followers
• Get repository issues
• Create new issues
• Get commit statuses
• Get owner information
• Resource-based access to GitHub data

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Create a .env file in the project root and add your GitHub token:

GITHUB_TOKEN=your_github_token_here

You can create a GitHub token at: https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens with the following permissions:

• repo (Full control of private repositories)
• read:user (Read user profile data)
• user:follow (Follow and unfollow users)

Available Tools

• owner_info(): Get information about the authenticated GitHub user
• get_user_info(username): Get information about a GitHub user
• list_followers(username, limit=10): List followers for a GitHub user
• list_repositories(username, limit=5): List repositories for a GitHub user
• get_repo_issues(owner, repo, state="open"): Get issues for a repository
• create_issue(owner, repo, title, body, labels=None): Create a new issue
• get_commit_statuses(owner, repo, sha): Get commit statuses for a specific commit SHA

Available Resources

• github://user/{username}: Get a user's GitHub profile
• github://followers/{username}: List a user's followers
• github://repos/{username}: List a user's repositories
• github://issues/{owner}/{repo}: Get issues for a repository
• github://commit-status/{owner}/{repo}/{sha}: Get commit statuses for a specific commit

Running the Server

python server.py

Example Usage

# Get authenticated user information
user_info = owner_info()

# Get user information
user_info = get_user_info("octocat")

# List followers
followers = list_followers("octocat", limit=5)

# List repositories
repos = list_repositories("octocat", limit=3)

# Get repository issues
issues = get_repo_issues("octocat", "Hello-World")

# Create a new issue
new_issue = create_issue(
    "octocat",
    "Hello-World",
    "Bug Report",
    "Found a bug in the code",
    labels=["bug"]
)

# Get commit statuses
statuses = get_commit_statuses("octocat", "Hello-World", "abc123")

Response Format Examples

User Information

{
    "name": "The Octocat",
    "login": "octocat",
    "bio": "GitHub's mascot",
    "public_repos": 8,
    "followers": 1000,
    "following": 9
}

Repository Information

{
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "description": "My first repository",
    "stars": 100,
    "forks": 50,
    "language": "Python"
}

Issue Information

{
    "number": 1,
    "title": "Bug Report",
    "state": "open",
    "created_at": "2024-05-04T14:35:40.784Z",
    "user": "octocat"
}