GitHub MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 91 installs a week from npm. Last commit 17 Oct 2026.
Developer-ready GitHub MCP server with 5-tool hybrid architecture and dynamic discovery.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-github -e 'GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @sumirati/mcp-github{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sumirati/mcp-github"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-github]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@sumirati/mcp-github"]
env = { GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN = "<GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sumirati/mcp-github"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-github": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sumirati/mcp-github"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN> (GitHub Personal Access Token (classic or fine-grained)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
GITHUB_API_URL (GitHub API URL (defaults to https://api.github.com)), GITHUB_READ_ONLY (Enable 3-tier read-only safety mode (true/false)), GITHUB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS (Set to 'true' to expose all 83 tools directly instead of the 5-tool hybrid discovery mode), MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT (Default output format for tool responses ('markdown' or 'json')).
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