github

GitHub Plugin

GitHub MCP server with selected toolsets enabled for repository management, code security, discussions, notifications, and more.

Components

MCP Server

HTTP-based MCP server connected to api.githubcopilot.com. The server is configured with alwaysLoad: true, which ensures all GitHub tools are available immediately at session start without waiting for tool-search deferral. The following toolsets are enabled:

• default — repos, issues, pull requests, commits, files, users
• actions — workflow runs, jobs, artifacts, logs
• orgs — organization membership and teams
• labels — repository label management
• notifications — notification listing and management
• discussions — repository discussions and comments
• gists — gist creation and management
• projects — GitHub Projects (v2) management
• code_security — code scanning alerts
• secret_protection — secret scanning alerts
• dependabot — Dependabot alerts
• security_advisories — global and repository security advisories
• github_support_docs_search — GitHub product documentation search

Hooks

• SessionStart — instructs Claude to prefer GitHub MCP tools over the gh CLI and WebFetch for all GitHub operations

Configuration

This plugin requires the GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable to be set with a valid GitHub Personal Access Token.

Documentation

For more information about the GitHub MCP server, visit: https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server