GitHub's official MCP Server
GitHub MCP Server is GitHub's official Model Context Protocol server, which lets AI tools interact with GitHub repositories and development data. It is used to browse code, manage issues and pull requests, inspect automation runs, review security findings, and support other repository workflows through natural-language requests. The catalogue add-ons connect coding agents to these GitHub capabilities.
Latest release v2.1.0 — GitHub MCP Server 2.1.0 · 3 Nov 2026
2 files for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot: go-sdk-tool-migrator, github-mcp-server copilot-instructions.md — 3,219 tokens loaded in every session.
▶ Github MCP Server in VS Code : Everything Explained with Examples [Demo] Cloud Champ · about github/github-mcp-server · on YouTube → .github/copilot-instructions.md A 3,219 tok .github/agents/go-sdk-tool-migrator.md A 26 tok These files are github/github-mcp-server's own configuration — they tell Claude Code and GitHub Copilot how to work on this repository, so they are not mods to install elsewhere. Copy one as a starting point and replace the parts that are about this project.