GitHub MCP Server with OAuth support for Issue management
Github MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Github directly instead of describing what you should do. GitHub MCP Server with OAuth support for Issue management.
A powerful GitHub automation tool that seamlessly connects AI assistants to your GitHub repositories
The server ships on npm as github-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Once Github is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Unauthenticated — 60 requests/hourAuthenticated — 5000 requests/hourYou will need one environment variable: GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Github's toolset — Unauthenticated, Authenticated — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by seeygo; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Github's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Unauthenticated | 60 requests/hour |
| Authenticated | 5000 requests/hour |
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "github-mcp"],
"env": {
"GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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