# workos-github-mcp-server

> MCP server for GitHub operations — manage repos, issues, pull requests, commits, gists, and more.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/workos-github-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- publisher: WorkOS Contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/workos/workos-github-mcp-server
- repository: https://github.com/workos/workos-github-mcp-server
- version: 1.0.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, github, model-context-protocol, ai-tools, devtools
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:workos-github-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# GitHub MCP Server

<!-- mcp-name: io.github.workos/github-mcp-server -->

A production-ready [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) server for GitHub operations. Connect any AI agent to GitHub — manage repos, issues, pull requests, commits, gists, search code, and look up user profiles.

**This is an independent, generalized MCP server.** It is not tied to any specific project and can be connected to any AI agent that supports MCP (Claude Desktop, Cursor, WorkOS, or custom agents).

## Features

- 📦 **Repositories**: List, search, and get repo details
- 🐛 **Issues**: Create, read, update, search issues
- 🔀 **Pull Requests**: List, create, and inspect PRs
- 📝 **Commits**: Browse commit history
- 🔍 **Search**: Search code and issues across GitHub
- 👤 **Users**: Look up user profiles
- 📋 **Gists**: List and create gists

## Installation

**Recommended — no pre-install required (uses [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)):**
```bash
# uv manages a temporary isolated environment automatically
uvx --from workos-github-mcp-server github-mcp-server
```

**Or install permanently with pip:**
```bash
pip install workos-github-mcp-server
```

**Or install from source:**
```bash
git clone https://github.com/workos/workos-github-mcp-server
cd workos-github-mcp-server
pip install -e .
```

## Quick Start

```bash
export GITHUB_TOKEN="ghp_your-personal-access-token"

# Recommended: run via uvx (no install needed)
uvx --from workos-github-mcp-server github-mcp-server

# Or if installed via pip
github-mcp-server

# Or run as a Python module
python -m github_mcp_server
```

## Configuration

### Environment Variables

| Variable | Required | Description |
|----------|----------|-------------|
| `GITHUB_TOKEN` | ✅ Yes | GitHub Personal Access Token (`ghp_...` or `github_pat_...`) |

### Getting a GitHub Token

1. Go to [github.com/settings/tokens](https://github.com/settings/tokens)
2. Click **"Generate new token (classic)"** or **"Fine-grained tokens"**
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## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/workos-github-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T16:22:30.985Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/workos-github-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/workos-github-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:workos-github-mcp-server