# GitHub MCP Lightweight

> Use this tool when you need to efficiently analyze large numbers of GitHub issues and pull requests, reducing response size by 90% while still retrieving essential fields like id, url, title, body, and comments. It solves problems of slow and bulky data transfer, making it ideal for applications where speed and bandwidth are limited. Use it for bulk data analysis, automated issue tracking, or integrating GitHub data into other systems.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/wipiano-github-mcp-lw  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/wipiano-github-mcp-lw

## Description

Provides efficient bulk analysis of GitHub issues and pull requests with 90%+ smaller responses than full GitHub API by returning only essential fields (id, url, title, body, comments).

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.99
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** version-control
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/msewnwqtr2)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wipiano/github-mcp-lw>

## Use it

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": "wipiano-github-mcp-lw"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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