MCP Tool Reference
GITHUB TOOLS
83 tools from the GitHub MCP Server, categorised by risk level.
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51actions_get Get details of GitHub Actions resources actions_list List GitHub Actions workflows in a repository get_code_scanning_alert Get code scanning alert get_commit Get commit details get_copilot_space Get Copilot Space get_dependabot_alert Get dependabot alert get_discussion Get discussion get_discussion_comments Get discussion comments get_file_contents Get file or directory contents get_gist Get Gist Content get_global_security_advisory Get a global security advisory get_job_logs Get GitHub Actions workflow job logs get_label Get a specific label from a repository get_latest_release Get latest release get_me Get my user profile get_notification_details Get notification details get_release_by_tag Get a release by tag name get_repository_tree Get repository tree get_secret_scanning_alert Get secret scanning alert get_tag Get tag details get_team_members Get team members get_teams Get teams issue_read Get issue details list_branches List branches list_code_scanning_alerts List code scanning alerts list_commits List commits list_copilot_spaces List Copilot Spaces list_dependabot_alerts List dependabot alerts list_discussion_categories List discussion categories list_discussions List discussions list_gists List Gists list_global_security_advisories List global security advisories list_issue_types List available issue types list_issues List issues list_label List labels from a repository list_notifications List notifications list_org_repository_security_advisories List org repository security advisories list_pull_requests List pull requests list_releases List releases list_repository_security_advisories List repository security advisories list_secret_scanning_alerts List secret scanning alerts list_starred_repositories List starred repositories list_tags List tags projects_get Get details of GitHub Projects resources projects_list List GitHub Projects resources search_code Search code search_issues Search issues search_orgs Search organisations search_pull_requests Search pull requests search_repositories Search repositories search_users Search users WRITE TOOLS
16add_comment_to_pending_review Add review comment to pending pull request review add_issue_comment Add comment to issue add_reply_to_pull_request_comment Add reply to pull request comment create_branch Create branch create_gist Create Gist create_or_update_file Create or update file create_pull_request Open new pull request create_pull_request_with_copilot Perform task with GitHub Copilot coding agent create_repository Create repository issue_write Create or update issue label_write Write operations on repository labels projects_write Modify GitHub Project items push_files Push files to repository update_gist Update Gist update_pull_request Edit pull request update_pull_request_branch Update pull request branch DESTRUCTIVE TOOLS
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12assign_copilot_to_issue Assign Copilot to issue dismiss_notification Dismiss notification fork_repository Fork repository github_support_docs_search Search GitHub product and support documentation mark_all_notifications_read Mark all notifications as read merge_pull_request Merge pull request pull_request_read Get details for a single pull request pull_request_review_write Write operations on pull request reviews request_copilot_review Request Copilot review star_repository Star repository sub_issue_write Change sub-issue unstar_repository Unstar repository ENFORCE POLICIES ON GITHUB
Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.