Configuring toolsets for the GitHub MCP Server

Learn how to configure toolsets and tools for the GitHub MCP server for fine-grained control and optimized performance.

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The GitHub MCP server includes default toolsets (repos, issues, and pull_requests) that are enabled automatically. You can customize toolset configuration by:

  • Enabling individual toolsets such as actions, code_security, or secret_protection
  • Using special keywords like all to enable every available toolset, or default to include the standard set alongside others (for example, default,stargazers)
  • Accessing remote-only toolsets such as copilot (for Агент кодирования Copilot) and github_support_docs_search, which are only available on the remote MCP server
  • Selecting specific tools for granular control when you want to exclude specific tools or combine toolsets with individual tools

For a complete list of available toolsets, see Tools in the github/github-mcp-server repository. For configuration examples, see Server configuration. For a full introduction to the GitHub MCP server and an overview of MCP, see О протоколе контекста модели (MCP).

Configuring toolsets for the remote MCP server

You can configure toolsets for the remote GitHub MCP server using:

  • URL path parameters when enabling a single toolset
  • HTTP headers when enabling multiple toolsets

For detailed setup instructions, see Remote GitHub MCP server and Remote server configuration in the github/github-mcp-server repository.

Configuring toolsets for the local MCP server

You can configure toolsets for the local GitHub MCP server using:

  • Command-line flags
  • Environment variables (these take precedence over command-line flags)

For detailed setup instructions, see Local GitHub MCP server and Tool configuration in the github/github-mcp-server repository.

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