Description

Official GitHub MCP server for Issues, Pull Requests, and repository management. Direct integration with GitHub platform.

Installation 

npx -y @github/mcp-server
npm install @github/mcp-server
git clone https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-official-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@github/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}