Gitman - Simple CLI Github Repository Manager
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. Gitman - Simple CLI Github Repository Manager.
Gitman - Simple CLI Github Repository Manager
The server ships on PyPI as github-manager, 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:
setup — Creates an authentication token file in the users $HOME. Subject to changelist — Lists the repositories of a user, either specified with the --user flag or defaulting to the authenticated userclone — Clones a specified repository (formatted /, defaulting to the authenticated user if / not present) in the current working directoryfork — Forks a specified repository (formattes /) for the authenticated userrepos flag enabled (for actions that require user authentication)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 — setup, list, clone and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Eduardo Coello Rodriguez; 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 |
|---|---|
| setup | Creates an authentication token file in the users $HOME. Subject to change. |
| list | Lists the repositories of a user, either specified with the --user flag or defaulting to the authenticated user. |
| clone | Clones a specified repository (formatted <user>/<repo>, defaulting to the authenticated user if <user>/ not present) in the current working directory. |
| fork | Forks a specified repository (formattes <user>/<repo>) for the authenticated user. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-manager": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["github-manager"]
}
}
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