GitHub MCP Tools

GitHub exposes 10 tools. Each one has its own page with the configuration for every client that can run this server.

get_me Read-only

get me
search_repositories Read-only

search repositories
get_file_contents Read-only

get file contents
list_issues Read-only

list issues
create_issue Mutating

create issue
list_pull_requests Read-only

list pull requests
create_pull_request Mutating

create pull request
get_pull_request_diff Read-only

get pull request diff
search_code Read-only

search code
list_commits Read-only

list commits

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.

GitHub MCP server