Claude Code and GitHub's MCP Server

Claude can speak GitHub’s language natively through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Once the link is in place, you can use natural-language prompts to search repos, file issues, review PRs, or everything else the GitHub API exposes.

You can connect Claude and the Remote GitHub MCP Server by providing a Personal Access Token (PAT):

export GITHUB_TOKEN=<your-PAT>

claude mcp add github https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
    --transport http