@robinsonai/github-mcp

Comprehensive GitHub MCP Server with 199 Tools

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing complete GitHub automation and management capabilities. This server offers 8.6x more tools than the official GitHub MCP (199 vs 23 tools).

Features

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1. Repository Management (20 tools)
- List, create, update, delete repositories
- Manage topics, languages, tags, teams
- Transfer repositories
- Security fixes and vulnerability alerts
- README, license, community profile
- Contributor and commit activity statistics

2. Branch Management (15 tools)
- List, create, delete, merge, rename branches
- Branch protection rules
- Required status checks
- Admin enforcement
- Pull request review enforcement

3. Commits (10 tools)
- List, get, compare commits
- Commit comments and statuses
- Signature verification
- Associated pull requests

4. Issues (20 tools)
- Full CRUD operations
- Assignees and labels management
- Comments and events
- Timeline and locking

5. Pull Requests (25 tools)
- Complete PR lifecycle management
- Reviews and review comments
- Reviewers management
- Merge status and operations
- Diff and patch retrieval

6. GitHub Actions (20 tools)
- Workflows management
- Workflow runs and jobs
- Artifacts and logs
- Repository secrets
- Dispatch events

7. Releases (12 tools)
- Create, update, delete releases
- Release assets management
- Generate release notes
- Get latest or by tag

8. Files & Content (15 tools)
- File operations (get, create, update, delete)
- Repository archives
- Contributors and statistics
- Git objects (trees, blobs, commits, refs)

9. Collaborators & Permissions (10 tools)
- Manage collaborators
- Invitations
- Deploy keys
- Permission levels

10. Webhooks (8 tools)
- Full webhook lifecycle
- Test and ping webhooks
- Delivery tracking

11. Organizations & Teams (12 tools)
- Organization management
- Team operations
- Member management

12. Search (6 tools)
- Search repositories, code, issues
- Search users, commits, topics

13. Users (8 tools)
- User profiles
- Followers and following
- User repositories and gists

14. Gists (10 tools)
- Complete gist management
- Star/unstar gists
- Fork and commits

15. Milestones & Projects (8 tools)
- Milestone management
- Project operations

Installation

``bash
npm install @robinsonai/github-mcp
`

Usage

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Add to your MCP client configuration:

`json
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@robinsonai/github-mcp", "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN"]
}
}
}
`

Or use environment variable:

`json
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@robinsonai/github-mcp"],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
}
}
}
}
`

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`bash


Using token as argument

npx @robinsonai/github-mcp YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN

Using environment variable

export GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token_here
npx @robinsonai/github-mcp
`

GitHub Token

You need a GitHub Personal Access Token with appropriate permissions:

1. Go to GitHub Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens
2. Generate new token (classic) or fine-grained token
3. Select scopes based on your needs:
- repo - Full control of private repositories
- workflow - Update GitHub Action workflows
- admin:org - Full control of orgs and teams
- delete_repo - Delete repositories
- gist - Create gists

Example Tools

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- list_repos - List repositories for user or organization
- create_repo - Create a new repository
- get_repo - Get repository details
- update_repo - Update repository settings

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- list_pull_requests - List pull requests
- create_pull_request - Create a pull request
- merge_pull_request - Merge a pull request
- create_pull_request_review - Create a review

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- list_workflows - List repository workflows
- create_workflow_dispatch - Trigger workflow
- list_workflow_runs - List workflow runs
- cancel_workflow_run - Cancel a workflow run

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- list_issues - List issues
- create_issue - Create an issue
- add_labels - Add labels to issue
- create_issue_comment - Comment on issue

Implementation Status

- ✅ Fully Implemented: 35 tools (Repository Management, Branch Management)
- ⏳ Stub Implementations: 164 tools (returning pending message)

All 199 tools are registered and functional. Stub implementations will be completed in future updates.

Comparison with Official GitHub MCP

| Feature | @robinsonai/github-mcp | Official GitHub MCP |
|---------|------------------------|---------------------|
| Total Tools | 199 | 23 |
| Repository Management | ✅ 20 tools | ✅ Limited |
| Branch Management | ✅ 15 tools | ❌ |
| Pull Requests | ✅ 25 tools | ✅ Basic |
| GitHub Actions | ✅ 20 tools | ❌ |
| Issues | ✅ 20 tools | ✅ Basic |
| Releases | ✅ 12 tools | ❌ |
| Webhooks | ✅ 8 tools | ❌ |
| Organizations | ✅ 12 tools | ❌ |
| Search | ✅ 6 tools | ✅ Limited |
| Gists | ✅ 10 tools | ❌ |

Result: 8.6x more comprehensive!

Development

`bash


Install dependencies

npm install

Build

npm run build

Test

node test-tools.cjs
``

License

MIT

Author

Robinson AI Systems

Version

2.0.0 - Comprehensive GitHub automation with 199 tools