A Model Context Protocol server that provides tools for interacting with the GitHub API through PyGithub. This server enables AI assistants to
Pygithub mcp server connects Pygithub to AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. A Model Context Protocol server that provides tools for interacting with the GitHub API through PyGithub. This server enables AI assistants to perform GitHub operations like managing issues, repositories, and pull requests.
A Model Context Protocol server that provides tools for interacting with the GitHub API through PyGithub. This server enables AI assistants to perform GitHub operations like managing issues, repositories, and pull requests.
Once connected, the assistant can call these 2 tools directly:
Testing — The Testing tool exposed by this serverTroubleshooting — 1. Server fails to start: - Verify venv Python path in MCP settings - Ensure all requirements are installed in venv - Check GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN is setThe server is distributed via npm as @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, 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 5 environment variables: GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN, PYGITHUB_MCP_CONFIG, PYGITHUB_ENABLE_ISSUES, PYGITHUB_ENABLE_REPOSITORIES, PYGITHUB_ENABLE_PULL_REQUESTS. 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. Pygithub sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — Testing, Troubleshooting — 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 |
|---|---|
| Testing | The Testing tool exposed by this server. |
| Troubleshooting | 1. Server fails to start: - Verify venv Python path in MCP settings - Ensure all requirements are installed in venv - Check GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN is set and valid |
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"command": "/path/to/repo/.venv/bin/python",
"args": ["-m", "pygithub_mcp_server"],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| PYGITHUB_MCP_CONFIG | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| PYGITHUB_ENABLE_ISSUES | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| PYGITHUB_ENABLE_REPOSITORIES | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| PYGITHUB_ENABLE_PULL_REQUESTS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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