GitHub

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Claude Desktop / Cursor config

Drop into your claude_desktop_config.json or Cursor MCP settings. Replace the ${…} placeholders with your own values.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${GITHUB_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Reference GitHub MCP server. Surfaces the GitHub REST + GraphQL APIs as tools the model can call directly: list repos, read file contents at any ref, search code, open + comment on issues, create branches + PRs, manage workflow runs. Auth via a personal-access-token env var. The single most-used integration after filesystem.