list_commits — GitHub MCP Tool Read-only
list_commits
(list commits) is one of 10 tools on the
GitHub
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call list_commits from your client
- Claude Code GitHub list_commits run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop GitHub list_commits ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor GitHub list_commits ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code GitHub list_commits .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed GitHub list_commits ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf GitHub list_commits ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline GitHub list_commits ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI GitHub list_commits ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok GitHub list_commits .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT GitHub list_commits Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai GitHub list_commits Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain GitHub list_commits pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http github-mcp-server https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/Other tools on this server
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.