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io.github.AbdulMuhaiminKhan/github-mcp ยท v1.2.0

Read-only GitHub repos, issues, PRs and commits, with tool descriptions tuned on a benchmark.

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Terminal
claude mcp add github-mcp -e GITHUB_TOKEN=<GITHUB_TOKEN> -e GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET=<GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET> -- uvx github-mcp-readonly==1.2.0
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-mcp-readonly==1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET": "<GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-mcp-readonly==1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET": "<GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "github-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-mcp-readonly==1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET": "<GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

NameDescription
GITHUB_TOKEN
Required, secret		Fine-grained GitHub token with read-only access (Metadata, Contents, Issues, Pull requests).
GITHUB_MCP_TOOLSET
Optional		Tool descriptions to serve: v2 (default, optimized), v1 or v1b (benchmark baselines).

Details

Package[email protected] (PYPI, stdio)
First published8 Oct 2026
Last updated8 Oct 2026
Registry nameio.github.AbdulMuhaiminKhan/github-mcp

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