GitHub MCP Server Files

Highlights

Streamable HTTP Support

The GitHub MCP Server now includes native Streamable HTTP support via a new http command, bringing much of the HTTP Streamable functionality previously hosted at api.githubcopilot.com/mcp directly into this repository. See the documentation for setup and usage details.

Insiders Mode

A new opt-in mode for experimental tooling and features. The first experiment available through Insiders Mode is MCP Apps — see the discussion for more details. Instructions for enabling Insiders Mode can be found in the README.

Context Reduction

Tool responses across multiple tools have been significantly trimmed, reducing context usage and improving efficiency for LLM interactions.

Copilot Tools Enabled by Default

Copilot-related tools are now included in the default toolset. When using api.githubcopilot.com/mcp, tools that aren't available for your Copilot plan are automatically hidden.

What's Changed

• build(deps): bump docker/login-action from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1938
• Add reply to PR comment by @ilyakamens in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1856
• Add Streamable HTTP mode. by @omgitsads in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1849
• Expose HTTP port by @omgitsads in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1967
• Add Streamable HTTP documentation by @omgitsads in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1968
• Improve Copilot CLI installation doc by @kerobbi in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1972
• build(deps): bump github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1976
• build(deps): bump golang from 1.25.6-alpine to 1.25.7-alpine by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1975
• build(deps): bump github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 from 5.2.3 to 5.2.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1977
• build(deps): bump reproducible-containers/buildkit-cache-dance from 2.1.4 to 3.3.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1978
• build(deps): bump github.com/josephburnett/jd/v2 to v2.4.0 by @alexandear in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1965
• Remove old non-consolidated Actions and Projects toolsets by @Copilot in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1958
• Add shared SchemaCache for streamable-http server by @SamMorrowDrums in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1993
• Gogithub update by @JoannaaKL in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2004
• refactor: modernize code with modernize and intrange linters by @alexandear in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1988
• Use Contents API instead of raw endpoint to fetch file content by @almaleksia in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1998
• Add initial PoC for MCP Apps for select tools under Insiders by @mattdholloway in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1957
• build(deps): bump @modelcontextprotocol/sdk from 1.25.3 to 1.26.0 in /ui in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2007
• Token scopes context by @omgitsads in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1997
• Reduce context usage for getting a Pull Request by @tommaso-moro in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2017
• Optimize context usage for getting an issue using the issue_read tool by @tommaso-moro in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2022
• Reduce context usage when getting issue comments using issue_read by @tommaso-moro in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2024
• Add ProjectV2 status update tools (list, get, create) by @e-straight in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1987
• Improve AI issue triage to detect unfilled templates by @JoannaaKL in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2030
• Reduce context usage for create_or_update_file tool by @tommaso-moro in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2027
• Add support for custom middleware in the correct order. by @omgitsads in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2026
• fix: pin Docker base images to SHA256 digests by @SamMorrowDrums in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2040
• Add --exclude-tools (and X-MCP-Exclude-Tools) flag to enable shutting off tools as part of server configuration by @tommaso-moro in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2036
• Fix for -1 in tailLines by @mattdholloway in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2047

New Contributors

• @ilyakamens made their first contribution in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1856
• @e-straight made their first contribution in https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/1987

Full Changelog: https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/compare/v0.30.3...v0.31.0