GitHub MCP Server implemented in Go.

Create a GitHub Personal Access Token with the appropriate permissions

and set it as the GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable.

1. `get_me`

- Return information about the authenticated user

2. `get_issue`

- Get the contents of an issue within a repository.

- Inputs

- `owner` (string): Repository owner

- `repo` (string): Repository name

- `issue_number` (number): Issue number to retrieve

- Returns: Github Issue object & details

go run cmd/server/main.go stdio

E.g:

Set the PAT token in the environment variable and run:

script/get-me

And you should see the output of the GitHub MCP server responding with the user information.

GitHub MCP Server running on stdio

{

"jsonrpc": "2.0",

"id": 3,

"result": {

"content": [

{

"type": "text",

"text": "{\"login\":\"juruen\",\"id\" ... }

package main

import (

"context"

"fmt"

stdlog "log"

"os"

"os/signal"

"syscall"

"github.com/github/mcp-server-playground/pkg/github"

gogithub "github.com/google/go-github/v69/github"

"github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/server"

log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"

"github.com/spf13/cobra"

"github.com/spf13/viper"

)

var (

rootCmd = &cobra.Command{

Use: "server",

Short: "GitHub MCP Server",

Long: `A GitHub MCP server that handles various tools and resources.`,

PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {

// Bind flag to viper

viper.BindPFlag("log-file", cmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("log-file"))

},

}

stdioCmd = &cobra.Command{

Use: "stdio",

Short: "Start stdio server",

Long: `Start a server that communicates via standard input/output streams using JSON-RPC messages.`,

Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {

logFile := viper.GetString("log-file")

logger, err := initLogger(logFile)

if err != nil {

stdlog.Fatal("Failed to initialize logger:", err)

}

if err := runStdioServer(logger); err != nil {

stdlog.Fatal("failed to run stdio server:", err)

}

},

}

)

func init() {

cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)

// Add global flags that will be shared by all commands

rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("log-file", "", "Path to log file")

// Add subcommands

rootCmd.AddCommand(stdioCmd)

}

func initConfig() {

// Initialize Viper configuration

viper.SetEnvPrefix("APP")

viper.AutomaticEnv()

}

func initLogger(outPath string) (*log.Logger, error) {

if outPath == "" {

return log.New(), nil

}

file, err := os.OpenFile(outPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0666)

if err != nil {

return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open log file: %w", err)

}

logger := log.New()

logger.SetOutput(file)

return logger, nil

}

func runStdioServer(logger *log.Logger) error {

// Create app context

ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)

defer stop()

// Create GH client

token := os.Getenv("GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN")

if token == "" {

logger.Fatal("GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN not set")

}

ghClient := gogithub.NewClient(nil).WithAuthToken(token)

// Create server

ghServer := github.NewServer(ghClient)

stdioServer := server.NewStdioServer(ghServer)

stdLogger := stdlog.New(logger.Writer(), "stdioserver", 0)

stdioServer.SetErrorLogger(stdLogger)

// Start listening for messages

errC := make(chan error, 1)

go func() {

errC <- stdioServer.Listen(ctx, os.Stdin, os.Stdout)

}()

// Output github-mcp-server string

_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "GitHub MCP Server running on stdio\n")

// Wait for shutdown signal

select {

case <-ctx.Done():

logger.Infof("shutting down server...")

case err := <-errC:

if err != nil {

return fmt.Errorf("error running server: %w", err)

}

}

return nil

}

func main() {

if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {

fmt.Println(err)

os.Exit(1)

}

}

module github.com/github/mcp-server-playground

go 1.23

require (

github.com/google/go-github/v69 v69.2.0

github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go v0.11.2

github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3

github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1

github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0

)

require (

github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect

github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect

github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect

github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect

github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect

github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect

github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect

github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect

github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0 // indirect

github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 // indirect

github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect

github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 // indirect

github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 // indirect

github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 // indirect

github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 // indirect

go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect

go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 // indirect

golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9 // indirect

golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect

golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect

gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect

gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect

)

github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=

github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=

github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=

github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=

github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=

github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=

github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=

github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=

github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=

github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=

github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=

github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=

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github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=

github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=

github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=

github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=

github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=

github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=

github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=

github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=

github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=

github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=

github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=

github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=

github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=

github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=

github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go v0.11.2 h1:mCxWFUTrcXOtJIn9t7F8bxAL8rpE/ZZTTnx3PU/VNdA=

github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go v0.11.2/go.mod h1:cjMlBU0cv/cj9kjlgmRhoJ5JREdS7YX83xeIG9Ko/jE=

github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyuac5Z2hdY=

github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=

github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2 h1:aYUidT7k73Pcl9nb2gScu7NSrKCSHIDE89b3+6Wq+LM=

github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:1t835xjRzz80PqgE6HHgN2JOsmgYu/h4qDAS4n929Rs=

github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=

github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=

github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=

github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0 h1:73kH8U+JUqXU8lRuOHeVHaa/SZPifC7BkcraZVejAe8=

github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=

github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=

github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0 h1:HApY1R9zGo4DBgr7dqsTH/JJxLTTsOt7u6keLGt6kNQ=

github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Pe1W6UlPYUk/+wc/6KFhbORCfqzgYEpgQ3O5fPuL3H4=

github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 h1:diDBnUNK9N/354PgrxMywXnAwEr1QZcOr6gto+ugjYE=

github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0/go.mod h1:SrcSrq8aKtyuqEI1uvTDTK1arOWRIczQRv+GVI1AkeQ=

github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=

github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=

github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 h1:OQTbbt6P72L20UqAkXXuLOj79LfEanQ+YQFNpLA9ySo=

github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Sdozi7LEKbFPqYX2/J+iBAM6HpqSLTASQIKqDmF7Mt0=

github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 h1:WJQKhtpdm3v2IzqG8VMqrr6Rf3UYpEF239Jy9wNepM8=

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github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 h1:GEiTHELF+vaR5dhz3VqZfFSzZjYbgeKDpBxQVS4GYJ0=

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github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=

github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=

github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0 h1:RWq5SEjt8o25SROyN3z2OrDB9l7RPd3lwTWU8EcEdcI=

github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0/go.mod h1:GQUN9bilAbhU/jgc1bKs99f/suXKeUMct8Adx5+Ntkg=

github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=

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github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=

github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2/go.mod h1:FRsXN1f5AsAjCGJKqEizvkpNtU+EGNCLh3NxZ/8L+MA=

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golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9/go.mod h1:S2oDrQGGwySpoQPVqRShND87VCbxmc6bL1Yd2oYrm6k=

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