# GitHub

**Type:** Official

**Source Type:** Remote URL

**Source:** <https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/>

**Description:** GitHub MCP server provides AI assistants with comprehensive access to GitHub's platform for repository management, code review, and collaboration. It enables operations on repositories, issues, pull requests, and other GitHub resources through a remote API endpoint with static credential authentication.

**Configuration Parameters:**

* **The personal access token for accessing the GitHub API.** \* - Personal access token for authentication

**Setup Steps:**

1. Log in to your GitHub account
2. Navigate to Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens
3. Generate a new API token or key
4. Copy the token for configuration
5. Ensure your account has appropriate permissions for GitHub API access

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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.natoma.ai/apps/github.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.