A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server setup that provides tools for interacting with both Radicle (peer-to-peer code collaboration) and GitHub
If you want an AI assistant working directly with Radicle MCP, the radicle mcp mcp server is the bridge. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server setup that provides tools for interacting with both Radicle (peer-to-peer code collaboration) and GitHub through a unified interface.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server setup that provides tools for interacting with both Radicle (peer-to-peer code collaboration) and GitHub through a unified interface.
The server is distributed via PyPI as mcp, 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_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
rad command is installed and available in your PATH 2. Deno: For running the GitHub MCP server 3. Python Environment: Python 3.8+ with the MCP library 4. GitHub Personal Access Token: For GitHub integration - Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens - Create a new token with repo, issues, and pull request permissions - Set as environment variableDeveloper-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. Radicle MCP sits in that group. 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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"radicle": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp"],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
rad command is installed and available in your PATH 2. Deno: For running the GitHub MCP server 3. Python Environment: Python 3.8+ with the MCP library 4. GitHub Personal Access Token: For GitHub integration - Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens - Create a new token with repo, issues, and pull request permissions - Set as environment variable| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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