# GitHub

> Use this tool when you need to manage and automate GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, and workflows using natural language commands, allowing AI assistants to interact with GitHub and streamline development processes, from creating and assigning tasks to tracking project progress and collaborating with team members. It takes in natural language inputs and outputs repository updates, issue statuses, and workflow notifications. Ideal for development teams and project managers seeking to enhance productivity and efficiency.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/io-github-github-github-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-github-github-mcp-server

## Description

Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.38
- **Circle-IR tier:** blocked
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28
- **Dimensions:** security 83.00, supply 100.00, quality 100.00, reliability 100.00, compliance 95.00, provenance 100.00

## Facts

- **Version:** 0.16.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** version-control
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.github%2Fgithub-mcp-server)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server>

## Use it

MCP endpoint published by the skill: `https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/`

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "io-github-github-github-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-github-github-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-github-github-mcp-server/pull`

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SkillsRegistry indexes agent skills from public registries and GitHub. Skills we have analysed are scanned with Circle-IR and scored on six dimensions; each listing states its scan coverage. More: https://skillsregistry.net/llms.txt