Gemini CLI GitHub create_pull_request

How to: Gemini CLI GitHub create_pull_request

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http tool:create_pull_request

Add GitHub to Gemini CLI

01
Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

02
Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.
03
Ask for something create_pull_request does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls create_pull_request itself — you do not invoke it by name.
04
If nothing happens, check the server is running and that GitHub's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

Same tool, other clients

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