GitHub MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with GitHub MCP or direct API to manage repositories, create and triage issues, create pull requests, and run Actions workflows through natural language.

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GitHub MCP is GitHub's managed API surface for repositories, issues, pull requests, users, actions, projects, and notifications. Use it to let AI agents interact with your code and project data securely and at scale.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every GitHub MCP action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add comment to pending review

Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review.

Add issue comment

Add a comment and/or reaction to a specific issue or issue comment in a GitHub repository.

Add reply to pull request comment

Add a reply and/or reaction to an existing pull request comment.

Create branch

Create a new branch in a GitHub repository

Create or update file

Create or update a single file in a GitHub repository.

Create pull request

Create a new pull request in a GitHub repository.

Create repository

Create a new GitHub repository in your account or specified organization

Delete file

Delete a file from a GitHub repository

Fork repository

Fork a GitHub repository to your account or specified organization

Get commit

Get details for a commit from a GitHub repository

Get file contents

Get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository

Get label

Get a specific label from a repository.

Get latest release

Get the latest release in a GitHub repository

Get me

Get details of the authenticated GitHub user.

Get release by tag

Get a specific release by its tag name in a GitHub repository

Get tag

Get details about a specific git tag in a GitHub repository

Get team members

Get member usernames of a specific team in an organization.

Get teams

Get details of the teams the user is a member of.

Issue read

Get information about a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Issue write

Create a new or update an existing issue in a GitHub repository.

List branches

List branches in a GitHub repository

List commits

Get list of commits of a branch in a GitHub repository.

List issue fields

List issue fields for a repository or organization.

List issues

List issues in a GitHub repository.

List issue types

List supported issue types for a repository or its owner organization.

List pull requests

List pull requests in a GitHub repository.

List releases

List releases in a GitHub repository

List repository collaborators

List collaborators of a GitHub repository.

List tags

List git tags in a GitHub repository

Merge pull request

Merge a pull request in a GitHub repository.

Pull request read

Get information on a specific pull request in GitHub repository.

Pull request review write

Create and/or submit, delete review of a pull request.

Push files

Push multiple files to a GitHub repository in a single commit

Request copilot review

Request a GitHub Copilot code review for a pull request.

Run secret scanning

Scan files, content, or recent changes for secrets such as API keys, passwords, tokens, and credentials.

Search code

Fast and precise code search across ALL GitHub repositories using GitHub's native search engine.

Search commits

Search for commits across GitHub repositories using GitHub's commit search syntax.

Search issues

Search issues using natural-language semantic matching.

Search pull requests

Search for pull requests in GitHub repositories using issues search syntax already scoped to is:pr

Search repositories

Find GitHub repositories by name, description, readme, topics, or other metadata.

Search users

Find GitHub users by username, real name, or other profile information.

Sub issue write

Add a sub-issue to a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Update pull request

Update an existing pull request in a GitHub repository.

Update pull request branch

Update the branch of a pull request with the latest changes from the base branch.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect GitHub MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["github_mcp"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to GitHub MCP and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "List all open issues assigned to me",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a GitHub MCP request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect GitHub MCP API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["github_mcp"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to GitHub MCP
3

Run GitHub MCP tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "List all open issues assigned to me" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the GitHub MCP tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native GitHub MCP Integration

  • Supports both GitHub MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your GitHub MCP data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke GitHub MCP access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access GitHub MCP
  • Scoped, least privilege access to GitHub MCP resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance
FRAMEWORKS

Use GitHub MCP with any AI Agent Framework

Choose a Framework you want to connect GitHub MCP with

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Give your team centralized access control across every framework with Composio’s MCP Gateway.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, GitHub MCP requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your GitHub connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

Create the key in your GitHub account settings, then paste it once on Composio's connection page. Composio stores it encrypted and uses it only for the GitHub actions your agent runs. Nobody else in your workspace can read it, and you can revoke it inside GitHub at any time.

When you connect a GitHub account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in GitHub as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Whatever the credentials you connect allow inside GitHub. If GitHub lets you scope a key to specific permissions, create a scoped one so the agent can only do what you intend. You can revoke the key inside GitHub at any time.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each GitHub connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

The connection stops working the moment GitHub rejects the old key. Create a new key in GitHub and reconnect the account from the Composio dashboard or by asking your agent to reconnect GitHub. Nothing else changes.

Composio's free plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal GitHub use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your GitHub plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple GitHub accounts).

With Composio, you connect GitHub once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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