GitHub MCP Server

A Python-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server built with FastMCP to expose GitHub API operations as tools for AI assistants.

Purpose

Built step-by-step to learn and master MCP server concepts:

• Tool registration & schemas
• FastMCP stdio transport
• Clean REST API integration
• Robust handling for rate limits, retries, and pagination

Setup

1. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Configure Environment Create a .env file based on .env.example:

   GITHUB_TOKEN=your_personal_access_token
   GITHUB_REPO=owner/repository