MCP

GitHub MCP

Lets your agent read issues, PRs, and repo metadata from GitHub. Add a personal access token with repo scope to .cursor/mcp.json (or your agent's MCP config).

#mcp #github #git #prs #issues

Snippet

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Where it installs

Default config location for each supported agent.

Cursor.cursor/mcp.json
Claude Code.claude/settings.json
Windsurf.windsurf/mcp.json
Cline.cline/mcp.json
GitHub Copilot.github/copilot/mcp.json

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Filesystem MCP

Official MCP server for controlled local file access. Set allowed directories in the args — only paths listed here can be read or written by the agent…

#mcp #filesystem #local +1

Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf +2

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