Cline GitHub search_repositories
How to: Cline GitHub search_repositories
Add GitHub to Cline
-
01
Open ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
}
}
}-
02
Save the file and restart Cline.
-
03
Ask for something search_repositories does. Cline lists the server's tools on connect and calls search_repositories 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.
Cline's MCP Servers pane edits this file for you if you would rather not find it. Cline 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.