GitHub Inside Claude Code

io.github.Kirchlive/github-inside-claude-code · v0.9.6

Normalized GitHub-CLI bridge for Claude Code — 89 ops, 6 families incl. federation sources

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Terminal

claude mcp add github-inside-claude-code -e TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY> -e BRAVE_API_KEY=<BRAVE_API_KEY> -- uvx github-inside-claude-code==0.9.6

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-inside-claude-code": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-inside-claude-code==0.9.6"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-inside-claude-code": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-inside-claude-code==0.9.6"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "github-inside-claude-code": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-inside-claude-code==0.9.6"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`TAVILY_API_KEY` Optional, secret	API key for the Tavily federation source (gh_research_tavily_search / gh_research_tavily_research). Required only if those research ops are invoked.
`BRAVE_API_KEY` Optional, secret	API key for the Brave Search federation source (gh_research_brave_search). Required only if that research op is invoked.

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	18 May 2026
Last updated	18 May 2026
Registry name	`io.github.Kirchlive/github-inside-claude-code`

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