GitHub MCP Server
MIT official GitHub MCP — issues, PRs, code, workflows for agents
AI Agents / MCP · OSS/MIT · 33.7k
Reviewed 2026-09-14 · last push 2026-10-15 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
MIT (github/github-mcp-server). Remote hosted endpoint (api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/) plus local server option. First-party tools for code, issues, PRs, Actions — works with Copilot, Claude, Cursor, OpenCode, Antigravity CLI, etc. Beats DIY Octokit wrappers for agent UX.
The Catch
Vs Composio (multi-app auth fabric): this is GitHub-only, official, and PAT/OAuth scoped to GitHub. Hosted remote path ties to GitHub/Copilot auth; local mode is yours to run. Permissions are the catch — over-scoped tokens are how agents leak. Not a generic toolkit marketplace.
Verdict
Official MIT GitHub MCP. Use for GitHub; use Composio when you need 1000 apps.
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