GitHub

What it does

Repository documentation describes reading code and repository history, working with issues and pull requests, and selecting toolsets. The checked registry entry declares an OCI distribution with publisher arguments that require review. The repository also documents hosted setups, so the registry distribution should not be mistaken for the only possible deployment route.

Best for

A developer or maintainer with a concrete GitHub task and authority over the repositories involved. Reading a known file or issue is a useful first check before attempting changes that affect collaborators.

Tradeoffs

Authentication, organization policy, host support and deployment choice affect the available tools. A broad credential can reach more data than one task needs. The software license does not grant account access, and repository stars do not measure the safety of a configured connection.

A practical first task

Choose the publisher's guide for your client and account environment. Inspect the selected toolsets and credential scope. Connect to a test repository, verify the authenticated identity and perform one read-only lookup before considering any explicitly authorized write.

What to validate

Confirm which repositories and operations are reachable and how denied access appears. Review changes in GitHub before merging or publishing. Neither a credential nor a remote GitHub operation was used in this catalog assessment.

Compatibility

cursor, windsurf, github-copilot, claude-code, codex, opencode, gemini-cli

Repository setup documentation; protocol compatibility is not a runtime test

Compatibility source

Installation and requirements

Choose the publisher route for your client and account. The registry declares an OCI image with additional arguments requiring publisher review. Local container execution and hosted authentication are separate setup paths.

Follow the checked repository installation guide for the chosen client, deployment and toolset. No generic container command is generated because publisher arguments and authentication require review.

Use your agent’s MCP settings and the publisher’s exact setup. Match the declared transport and package version. Credentials belong in your client’s supported secret storage. No command on this page is run by AI Craft Pad.

oci package

ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:2.0.3 · version Unknown · stdio · runtime Unknown

Additional publisher arguments require review; credential values and defaults are intentionally omitted.

streamable-http endpoint

https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/

Declared registry endpoint; availability, authentication, service cost and runtime behavior have not been tested.

Authorization — optional, secret reference

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Unknown; source software and connected services may have separate terms.