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How to connect GitHub to Claude
Read repositories, issues and pull requests, and open or update them from the chat.
The address
https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/- Made by
- GitHub
- Sign-in
- OAuth through a GitHub App, or a personal access token in a header
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP
What it can do
- Search code, issues and pull requests across the repositories you can see
- Read files and diffs, review a pull request
- Open and comment on issues and pull requests
- Look at Actions runs and code scanning alerts
How to add GitHub to Claude
GitHub's hosted MCP server does not register itself with Claude's custom connector sign-in yet, so the address alone does not connect on claude.ai. In Claude chats, use Claude's own GitHub integration (the + menu, Add from GitHub) to bring a repository in. For the full MCP tools, use Claude Code (below) or GitHub's local server.
How to add it to ChatGPT
ChatGPT has its own GitHub connector: Settings > Apps (Connectors in some versions), GitHub, Connect.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http github https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN"Try asking
- "Which open pull requests in my repo are waiting on me?"
- "Summarise issue 214 and suggest a fix."
Good to know
- Use a fine-grained token with only the repositories and permissions you need.
- Write tools act as you: read what it proposes before you say yes.
Official docs
In developers.