GitHub MCP Server
Official GitHub MCP Server for repository management, file operations, issue tracking, pull requests, and code search.
Critical Issues
Security ScoreF
Vulnerabilities Found
Quality ScoreB
Maintenance57
Popularity95
Documentation100
Available Documentation
Compatibility67
Features
Supported Transports
Agentic MCP Risk Intelligence
MCPSafe checks risks unique to AI-connected MCP servers — prompt surfaces, model-controlled tools, credentials, filesystems, and network reachability.
Multiple MCP-native exploit paths were detected. Review before connecting this server to an AI client.
Tool metadata can steer or hijack AI clients before a user invokes the tool.
Model-selected tool arguments can reach shell/process execution.
Tool context combines credential access with outbound network capability.
AI-controlled paths may access files outside the intended workspace.
AI-controlled URLs may reach local, metadata, or internal network services.
Vulnerabilities(34)
READMEGitHub MCP Server
View sourceGitHub MCP Server
Official GitHub integration for AI assistants with comprehensive repository access.
Features
- Repository Management - Create, fork, manage repos
- File Operations - Read, create, update files
- Issues & PRs - Full issue and PR management
- Code Search - Search across repositories
- Branch Management - Create and manage branches
- Lockdown Mode - Restrict untrusted contributor content
Installation
go install github.com/github/github-mcp-server@latestConfiguration
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"command": "github-mcp-server",
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-token"
}
}
}
}Tools
search_repositories- Search GitHub reposget_file_contents- Get file contentscreate_or_update_file- Create/update filescreate_issue- Create issuescreate_pull_request- Create PRslist_commits- List commits
License
MIT
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[](https://mcpsafe.org/registry/github-mcp-server)Server Information
- Source
- GITHUB
- Version
- 0.2.0
- Language
- go
- License
- MIT
- Transport
- STDIO
- Added
- Jan 20, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 13, 2026