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mcpauth · remote officialio.github.github/github-mcp-server · v2.0.2
Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.
run it
on your own machines, one way per deploy methodgenerated from the record, not tested yet
CHANGE_ME: check the image's README for its transport and port; this assumes streamable HTTP at :8000/mcp. If it speaks stdio only, use it from clients/mcp.json as a `docker run -i` command instead.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# github (io.github.github/github-mcp-server), recipe docker (generated).
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent"; started by mcp-my-agent-github.service.
set -euo pipefail
export HOST=127.0.0.1 PORT=8101
exec docker run --rm --name mcp-my-agent-github -p 127.0.0.1:${PORT}:8000 --env-file /etc/mcp/my-agent.env ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.2
[Unit]
Description=MCP server github (toolset my-agent), generated by Hub
After=network-online.target docker.service
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=mcp
Group=mcp
SupplementaryGroups=docker
EnvironmentFile=/etc/mcp/my-agent.env
Environment=HOME=/var/lib/mcp/github
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/mcp/github
ExecStart=/opt/mcp/my-agent/bin/github.sh
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
NoNewPrivileges=true
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectHome=true
PrivateTmp=true
ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/mcp/github
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
generated from the record, not tested yet
CHANGE_ME: check the image's README for its transport and port; this assumes streamable HTTP at :8000/mcp. If it speaks stdio only, use it from clients/mcp.json as a `docker run -i` command instead.
docker run --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8101:8000 ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.2
generated from the record, not tested yet
CHANGE_ME: check the image's README for its transport and port; this assumes streamable HTTP at :8000/mcp. If it speaks stdio only, use it from clients/mcp.json as a `docker run -i` command instead.
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-17T21:18:31+00:00).
# Each package server runs behind a stdio->HTTP bridge and listens on localhost only.
# cp .env.example .env # fill the ${VAR}s
# docker compose up -d && bash smoke.sh
# Remote servers are not here: clients reach them directly (see clients/).
name: mcp-my-agent
services:
github:
image: ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.2
ports:
- 127.0.0.1:8101:8000
restart: unless-stopped
x-note: 'CHANGE_ME: check the image''s README for its transport and port; this assumes streamable
HTTP at :8000/mcp. If it speaks stdio only, use it from clients/mcp.json as a `docker run -i` command
instead.'
volumes:
npm-cache: {}
uv-cache: {}
generated from the record, not tested yet
CHANGE_ME: check the image's README for its transport and port; this assumes streamable HTTP at :8000/mcp. If it speaks stdio only, use it from clients/mcp.json as a `docker run -i` command instead.
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-17T21:18:31+00:00).
# kubectl create namespace mcp
# kubectl -n mcp create secret generic mcp-credentials --from-env-file=.env
# kubectl apply -f kubernetes.yaml
# Services are cluster-internal: <name>.mcp.svc.cluster.local:8000/mcp. Put an ingress
# with auth in front before exposing any of them.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: mcp
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: github
namespace: mcp
labels: &id001
app: github
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels: *id001
template:
metadata:
labels: *id001
spec:
containers:
- name: github
image: ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.2
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: http
env: []
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: github
namespace: mcp
spec:
selector:
app: github
ports:
- port: 8000
targetPort: http
name: http
generated from the record, not tested yet
CHANGE_ME: check the image's README for its transport and port; this assumes streamable HTTP at :8000/mcp. If it speaks stdio only, use it from clients/mcp.json as a `docker run -i` command instead.
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-17T21:18:31+00:00).
# Credentials come from the Secret 'mcp-credentials' (kubectl create secret generic ... --from-env-file=.env).
# Each server under `servers` is one Deployment + Service; the keys after it configure
# upstream charts a worker verified.
servers:
github:
enabled: true
replicas: 1
port: 8000
path: /mcp
container:
name: github
image: ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.2
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: http
env: []
# helm install my-agent helm/my-agent -n mcp
in the cloud
one click: the provider's deploy form opens filled in, in your own account- koyeb
-
Clients connect to the service's https://…koyeb.app address plus /mcp.
- azure
-
A Container Apps environment with one app per server, each with HTTPS ingress and one replica. The deployment's outputs list the endpoints.
connect to it
copy what your client needshttps://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ transport: streamable HTTP headers: Authorization
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Asks every HTTP endpoint for its tool list over MCP streamable HTTP: first as MCP 2026-07-28
# (one request, no session), then, if the server does not answer that, as 2025-06-18
# (initialize, initialized, tools/list in the session).
set -uo pipefail
set -a; [ -f .env ] && source .env; set +a
post() { # url header version session body [curl options]
curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
${2:+-H "$2"} ${3:+-H "MCP-Protocol-Version: $3"} ${4:+-H "Mcp-Session-Id: $4"} "${@:6}" -d "$5" "$1"
}
probe() { # name url [header]
local name="$1" url="$2" hdr="${3:-}" out sid
local meta='{"io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersion":"2026-07-28","io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities":{},"io.modelcontextprotocol/clientInfo":{"name":"smoke","version":"0"}}'
out=$(post "$url" "$hdr" 2026-07-28 "" '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list","params":{"_meta":'"$meta"'}}' -H "Mcp-Method: tools/list")
if ! grep -q '"result"' <<<"$out"; then
local init='{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"smoke","version":"0"}}}'
sid=$(post "$url" "$hdr" "" "" "$init" -D - -o /dev/null | awk 'tolower($1)=="mcp-session-id:"{print $2}' | tr -d "\r")
post "$url" "$hdr" 2025-06-18 "$sid" '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/initialized"}' -o /dev/null
out=$(post "$url" "$hdr" 2025-06-18 "$sid" '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list"}')
fi
# tool names only: a 2026-07-28 answer names the server in _meta too
sed 's/"io\.modelcontextprotocol\/serverInfo": *{[^}]*}//g' <<<"$out" | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*"' \
| head -20 | sed "s/^/ $name: /" || echo " $name: no answer"
}
probe github https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ "Authorization: ${GITHUB_AUTHORIZATION}"
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "${GITHUB_AUTHORIZATION}"
}
}
}
}
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Registers every server with Claude Code (run once; `claude mcp list` to check).
set -euo pipefail
set -a; [ -f .env ] && source .env; set +a
claude mcp add --transport http github https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ --header "Authorization: ${GITHUB_AUTHORIZATION}"
{
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
"--header",
"Authorization:${GITHUB_AUTHORIZATION}"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"github": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "${GITHUB_AUTHORIZATION}"
}
}
}
}
name: my-agent target: local servers: - hub: io.github.github/github-mcp-server
- not probed yet: tools unpinned, ingest lists them
tools
Probe result: needs authremote: HTTP 401: MCPError: Server returned an error response
runs · 1
the latest tests of this entry by the hub and its workers, newest first| date | worker | method | status | sandbox | reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 09:10 | local-mac | remote | needs auth | none | remote: HTTP 401: MCPError: Server returned an error response |