Claude Code and GitHub's MCP Server
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January 5, 2026
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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