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GitHub MCP

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GitHub's official MCP server — repos, issues, PRs, locally or hosted at api.githubcopilot.com.

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The GitHub-shaped MCP: local image ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server or the hosted remote. Toolsets and a read-only URL exist. The old npm @modelcontextprotocol/server-github is dead (April 2025) — do not copy it.

Skills: mcp-builder

Strengths

  • Official GitHub server with remote hosted option — no local runtime required.
  • Toolsets and /readonly URLs so you do not dump the whole API into context.
  • MIT, v1.11.0 (2026-08-25), Docker image ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server.

Known limitations

  • Remote extra tools (Copilot coding agent) are not in the local binary.
  • A PAT or OAuth token with repo scope is a repo-scope token sitting in mcp.json.
  • npm @modelcontextprotocol/server-github is unsupported as of 2025-04.

Use it when

  • Agents that triage issues, read PRs, or search code on GitHub.
  • Hosts that speak remote MCP and should not run a local GitHub binary.

Skip it when

  • You still have @modelcontextprotocol/server-github in mcp.json — that package is retired.
  • The repo cannot leave GitHub's hosted agent or your PAT scopes.
  • You needed GitLab or Gitea; this server is GitHub-only.

Buy-check

  • ·Price — free, MIT; local Docker/Go or remote https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/; PAT or OAuth, no GitHub seat fee for the server as of 2026-08-26. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
  • ·Free tier — Free tier exists — burn it first.
  • ·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
  • ·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
  • ·Who skips it — Also skipped when: You still have @modelcontextprotocol/server-github in mcp.json — that package is retired.; The repo cannot leave GitHub's hosted agent or your PAT scopes..

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Facts

pricing
free1
price note
MIT; local Docker/Go or remote https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/; PAT or OAuth, no GitHub seat fee for the server
free tier
yes
open source
yes
api
yes
self-host
yes
category
mcp
evidence
source-verified

Data: trains on inputs unknown · local processing no

Sources

  1. 1github.com/github/github-mcp-server[snapshot]
  2. 2github.com/github/github-mcp-server/blob/main/docs/remote-server.md[snapshot]

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