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Name: GitHub MCP Server
Author: sumirati

Developer-ready GitHub MCP server with 5-tool hybrid architecture and dynamic discovery.

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sumirati-mcp-github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sumirati/mcp-github@2.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "GITHUB_API_URL": "https://api.github.com",
        "GITHUB_READ_ONLY": "false",
        "GITHUB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS": "false",
        "MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT": "markdown"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN	Yes	GitHub Personal Access Token (classic or fine-grained) Secret.
GITHUB_API_URL	No	GitHub API URL (defaults to https://api.github.com)
GITHUB_READ_ONLY	No	Enable 3-tier read-only safety mode (true/false)
GITHUB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS	No	Set to 'true' to expose all 83 tools directly instead of the 5-tool hybrid discovery mode
MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT	No	Default output format for tool responses ('markdown' or 'json')

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