com.github-mcp-http.json

{
  "$schema": "../schemas/server-definition.schema.json",
  "id": "com.github-mcp-http",
  "name": "GitHub (Remote)",
  "alias": "gh-remote",
  "description": "Interact with GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, actions, and code security through GitHub's hosted remote MCP server. No local installation required. Authenticates with a Personal Access Token (PAT) via Bearer header.",
  "icon": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
  "schema_version": "2.1",
  "categories": ["developer-tools", "version-control"],
  "tags": ["git", "github", "code", "issues", "pull-requests", "repos", "actions", "code-review", "remote"],

  "transport": {
    "type": "http",
    "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:GITHUB_TOKEN}"
    },
    "metadata": {
      "inputs": [
        {
          "id": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
          "label": "GitHub Personal Access Token",
          "description": "Personal Access Token for GitHub. Create a fine-grained PAT with the scopes needed for the tools you want to use.",
          "type": "password",
          "required": true,
          "secret": true,
          "placeholder": "ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
          "obtain": {
            "url": "https://github.com/settings/tokens?type=beta",
            "instructions": "1. Go to github.com/settings/tokens\n2. Click 'Generate new token' > 'Fine-grained token'\n3. Set expiration, select repositories, and choose permissions\n4. Click 'Generate token' and copy it",
            "button_label": "Create Token"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },

  "auth": {
    "type": "api_key",
    "instructions": "Create a GitHub Personal Access Token (fine-grained) at https://github.com/settings/tokens with the scopes needed for the tools you want to use. The token is sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header."
  },

  "contributor": {
    "name": "GitHub",
    "github": "github",
    "url": "https://github.com"
  },

  "links": {
    "repository": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "documentation": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server#readme"
  },

  "platforms": ["all"],

  "capabilities": {
    "tools": true,
    "resources": true,
    "prompts": true,
    "read_only_mode": false
  },

  "changelog_url": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases"
}