Lightweight GitHub MCP server optimized for efficient issue and pull request analysis
If you want an AI assistant working directly with Github MCP Lw, the github mcp lw mcp server is the bridge. Lightweight GitHub MCP server optimized for efficient issue and pull request analysis.
A lightweight GitHub MCP (Model Context Protocol) server optimized for efficient issue and pull request analysis. This server provides minimal response sizes by returning only essential fields, making it perfect for bulk analysis of GitHub repositories.
Once connected, the assistant can call these 2 tools directly:
list_repository_issues — List issues from a GitHub repository with minimal response sizelist_repository_pull_requests — List pull requests from a GitHub repository with minimal response sizeThe server is distributed via npm as @wipiano/github-mcp-lightweight, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
Before the server will start you need to supply one environment variable: GITHUB_TOKEN. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Github MCP Lw sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — list_repository_issues, list_repository_pull_requests — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_repository_issues | List issues from a GitHub repository with minimal response size. |
| list_repository_pull_requests | List pull requests from a GitHub repository with minimal response size. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-mcp-lw": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@wipiano/github-mcp-lightweight"],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GITHUB_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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