Version ControlIntermediate Official

GitHub

by Anthropic

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Full GitHub API integration enabling repository management, file operations, issue and PR management, branch operations, and code search across repositories.

CAPABILITIES

Create and manage repositories
File CRUD operations via API
Issue and PR management
Branch creation and management
Code and repository search
Fork repositories

INSTALLATION

Terminal

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-github

CLAUDE DESKTOP CONFIG

claude_desktop_config.json

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

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

QUICK FACTS

Category: Version Control
Difficulty: Intermediate
Maintained By: Anthropic
NPM Package: @modelcontextprotocol/server-github

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