GitHub MCP: Documentation

Connection

• Remote: https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ (OAuth).
• Local: docker image ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server with a PAT.

Capabilities

• Repositories: files, branches, commits, code search.
• Issues and PRs: create, comment, review, merge.
• Actions: trigger workflows, statuses, logs.
• Tools are grouped into toolsets to keep the context lean.

Agent flow

"File an issue for this bug", "show failed jobs of the last CI run", "open a PR with this fix".