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Official GitHub MCP Server, by GitHub. Provides seamless integration with GitHub APIs, enabling advanced automation and interaction capabilities for developers and tools.

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Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review. A pending review needs to already exist to call this (check with the user if not sure).

Add a comment to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Add a sub-issue to a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Assign Copilot to a specific issue in a GitHub repository. This tool can help with the following outcomes: - a Pull Request created with source code changes to resolve the issue More information can be found at: - https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/using-copilot-coding-agent-to-work-on-tasks/about-assigning-tasks-to-copilot

Create and submit a review for a pull request without review comments.

Create a new branch in a GitHub repository

Create a new issue in a GitHub repository.

Create or update a single file in a GitHub repository. If updating, you must provide the SHA of the file you want to update. Use this tool to create or update a file in a GitHub repository remotely; do not use it for local file operations.

Create a pending review for a pull request. Call this first before attempting to add comments to a pending review, and ultimately submitting it. A pending pull request review means a pull request review, it is pending because you create it first and submit it later, and the PR author will not see it until it is submitted.

Create a new pull request in a GitHub repository.

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GitHub Official MCP Server

Official GitHub MCP Server, by GitHub. Provides seamless integration with GitHub APIs, enabling advanced automation and interaction capabilities for developers and tools.

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MCP Info

Attribute	Details
Docker Image	ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server⁠
Author	github⁠
Repository	https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server⁠

Image Building InfoDockerfile|https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/blob/main/Dockerfile⁠

Docker Image built by|github Docker Scout Health Score|Not available Verify Signature|Not available Licence|MIT License

Available Tools (49)

Tools provided by this Server	Short Description
`add_comment_to_pending_review`	Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review
`add_issue_comment`	Add comment to issue
`add_sub_issue`	Add sub-issue
`assign_copilot_to_issue`	Assign Copilot to issue
`create_and_submit_pull_request_review`	Create and submit a pull request review without comments
`create_branch`	Create branch
`create_issue`	Open new issue
`create_or_update_file`	Create or update file
`create_pending_pull_request_review`	Create pending pull request review
`create_pull_request`	Open new pull request
`create_repository`	Create repository
`delete_file`	Delete file
`delete_pending_pull_request_review`	Delete the requester's latest pending pull request review
`fork_repository`	Fork repository
`get_commit`	Get commit details
`get_file_contents`	Get file or directory contents
`get_issue`	Get issue details
`get_issue_comments`	Get issue comments
`get_label`	Get a specific label from a repository.
`get_latest_release`	Get latest release
`get_me`	Get my user profile
`get_release_by_tag`	Get a release by tag name
`get_tag`	Get tag details
`get_team_members`	Get team members
`get_teams`	Get teams
`list_branches`	List branches
`list_commits`	List commits
`list_issue_types`	List available issue types
`list_issues`	List issues
`list_label`	List labels from a repository or an issue
`list_pull_requests`	List pull requests
`list_releases`	List releases
`list_sub_issues`	List sub-issues
`list_tags`	List tags
`merge_pull_request`	Merge pull request
`pull_request_read`	Get details for a single pull request
`push_files`	Push files to repository
`remove_sub_issue`	Remove sub-issue
`reprioritize_sub_issue`	Reprioritize sub-issue
`request_copilot_review`	Request Copilot review
`search_code`	Search code
`search_issues`	Search issues
`search_pull_requests`	Search pull requests
`search_repositories`	Search repositories
`search_users`	Search users
`submit_pending_pull_request_review`	Submit the requester's latest pending pull request review
`update_issue`	Edit issue
`update_pull_request`	Edit pull request
`update_pull_request_branch`	Update pull request branch

Tools Details

Tool: `add_comment_to_pending_review`

Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review. A pending review needs to already exist to call this (check with the user if not sure).

Parameters	Type	Description
`body`	`string`	The text of the review comment
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`path`	`string`	The relative path to the file that necessitates a comment
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`subjectType`	`string`	The level at which the comment is targeted
`line`	`number`optional	The line of the blob in the pull request diff that the comment applies to. For multi-line comments, the last line of the range
`side`	`string`optional	The side of the diff to comment on. LEFT indicates the previous state, RIGHT indicates the new state
`startLine`	`number`optional	For multi-line comments, the first line of the range that the comment applies to
`startSide`	`string`optional	For multi-line comments, the starting side of the diff that the comment applies to. LEFT indicates the previous state, RIGHT indicates the new state

Tool: `add_issue_comment`

Add a comment to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`body`	`string`	Comment content
`issue_number`	`number`	Issue number to comment on
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

Tool: `add_sub_issue`

Add a sub-issue to a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	The number of the parent issue
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sub_issue_id`	`number`	The ID of the sub-issue to add. ID is not the same as issue number
`replace_parent`	`boolean`optional	When true, replaces the sub-issue's current parent issue

Tool: `assign_copilot_to_issue`

Assign Copilot to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

This tool can help with the following outcomes:

a Pull Request created with source code changes to resolve the issue

More information can be found at:

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/using-copilot-coding-agent-to-work-on-tasks/about-assigning-tasks-to-copilot⁠ Parameters|Type|Description -|-|- issueNumber|number|Issue number owner|string|Repository owner repo|string|Repository name

Tool: `create_and_submit_pull_request_review`

Create and submit a review for a pull request without review comments.

Parameters	Type	Description
`body`	`string`	Review comment text
`event`	`string`	Review action to perform
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`commitID`	`string`optional	SHA of commit to review

Tool: `create_branch`

Create a new branch in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`branch`	`string`	Name for new branch
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`from_branch`	`string`optional	Source branch (defaults to repo default)

Tool: `create_issue`

Create a new issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`title`	`string`	Issue title
`assignees`	`array`optional	Usernames to assign to this issue
`body`	`string`optional	Issue body content
`labels`	`array`optional	Labels to apply to this issue
`milestone`	`number`optional	Milestone number
`type`	`string`optional	Type of this issue

Tool: `create_or_update_file`

Parameters	Type	Description
`branch`	`string`	Branch to create/update the file in
`content`	`string`	Content of the file
`message`	`string`	Commit message
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization)
`path`	`string`	Path where to create/update the file
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sha`	`string`optional	Required if updating an existing file. The blob SHA of the file being replaced.

Tool: `create_pending_pull_request_review`

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`commitID`	`string`optional	SHA of commit to review

Tool: `create_pull_request`

Create a new pull request in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`base`	`string`	Branch to merge into
`head`	`string`	Branch containing changes
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`title`	`string`	PR title
`body`	`string`optional	PR description
`draft`	`boolean`optional	Create as draft PR
`maintainer_can_modify`	`boolean`optional	Allow maintainer edits

Tool: `create_repository`

Create a new GitHub repository in your account or specified organization

Parameters	Type	Description
`name`	`string`	Repository name
`autoInit`	`boolean`optional	Initialize with README
`description`	`string`optional	Repository description
`organization`	`string`optional	Organization to create the repository in (omit to create in your personal account)
`private`	`boolean`optional	Whether repo should be private

Tool: `delete_file`

Delete a file from a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`branch`	`string`	Branch to delete the file from
`message`	`string`	Commit message
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization)
`path`	`string`	Path to the file to delete
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

This tool may perform destructive updates.

Tool: `delete_pending_pull_request_review`

Delete the requester's latest pending pull request review. Use this after the user decides not to submit a pending review, if you don't know if they already created one then check first.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

Tool: `fork_repository`

Fork a GitHub repository to your account or specified organization

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`organization`	`string`optional	Organization to fork to

Tool: `get_commit`

Get details for a commit from a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sha`	`string`	Commit SHA, branch name, or tag name
`include_diff`	`boolean`optional	Whether to include file diffs and stats in the response. Default is true.
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_file_contents`

Get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization)
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`path`	`string`optional	Path to file/directory (directories must end with a slash '/')
`ref`	`string`optional	Accepts optional git refs such as `refs/tags/{tag}`, `refs/heads/{branch}` or `refs/pull/{pr_number}/head`
`sha`	`string`optional	Accepts optional commit SHA. If specified, it will be used instead of ref

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_issue`

Get details of a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	The number of the issue
`owner`	`string`	The owner of the repository
`repo`	`string`	The name of the repository

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_issue_comments`

Get comments for a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	Issue number
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_label`

Get a specific label from a repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`name`	`string`	Label name.
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization name)
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_latest_release`

Get the latest release in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_me`

Get details of the authenticated GitHub user. Use this when a request is about the user's own profile for GitHub. Or when information is missing to build other tool calls.

Tool: `get_release_by_tag`

Get a specific release by its tag name in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`tag`	`string`	Tag name (e.g., 'v1.0.0')

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_tag`

Get details about a specific git tag in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`tag`	`string`	Tag name

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_team_members`

Get member usernames of a specific team in an organization. Limited to organizations accessible with current credentials

Parameters	Type	Description
`org`	`string`	Organization login (owner) that contains the team.
`team_slug`	`string`	Team slug

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_teams`

Get details of the teams the user is a member of. Limited to organizations accessible with current credentials

Parameters	Type	Description
`user`	`string`optional	Username to get teams for. If not provided, uses the authenticated user.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_branches`

List branches in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_commits`

Get list of commits of a branch in a GitHub repository. Returns at least 30 results per page by default, but can return more if specified using the perPage parameter (up to 100).

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`author`	`string`optional	Author username or email address to filter commits by
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sha`	`string`optional	Commit SHA, branch or tag name to list commits of. If not provided, uses the default branch of the repository. If a commit SHA is provided, will list commits up to that SHA.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_issue_types`

List supported issue types for repository owner (organization).

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	The organization owner of the repository

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_issues`

List issues in a GitHub repository. For pagination, use the 'endCursor' from the previous response's 'pageInfo' in the 'after' parameter.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`after`	`string`optional	Cursor for pagination. Use the endCursor from the previous page's PageInfo for GraphQL APIs.
`direction`	`string`optional	Order direction. If provided, the 'orderBy' also needs to be provided.
`labels`	`array`optional	Filter by labels
`orderBy`	`string`optional	Order issues by field. If provided, the 'direction' also needs to be provided.
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`since`	`string`optional	Filter by date (ISO 8601 timestamp)
`state`	`string`optional	Filter by state, by default both open and closed issues are returned when not provided

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_label`

List labels from a repository or an issue

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization name) - required for all operations
`repo`	`string`	Repository name - required for all operations
`issue_number`	`number`optional	Issue number - if provided, lists labels on the specific issue

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_pull_requests`

List pull requests in a GitHub repository. If the user specifies an author, then DO NOT use this tool and use the search_pull_requests tool instead.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`base`	`string`optional	Filter by base branch
`direction`	`string`optional	Sort direction
`head`	`string`optional	Filter by head user/org and branch
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort by
`state`	`string`optional	Filter by state

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_releases`

List releases in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_sub_issues`

List sub-issues for a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	Issue number
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (default: 1)
`per_page`	`number`optional	Number of results per page (max 100, default: 30)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_tags`

List git tags in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `merge_pull_request`

Merge a pull request in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`commit_message`	`string`optional	Extra detail for merge commit
`commit_title`	`string`optional	Title for merge commit
`merge_method`	`string`optional	Merge method

Tool: `pull_request_read`

Get information on a specific pull request in GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`method`	`string`	Action to specify what pull request data needs to be retrieved from GitHub.
Possible options:

get - Get details of a specific pull request.
get_diff - Get the diff of a pull request.
get_status - Get status of a head commit in a pull request. This reflects status of builds and checks.
get_files - Get the list of files changed in a pull request. Use with pagination parameters to control the number of results returned.
get_review_comments - Get the review comments on a pull request. Use with pagination parameters to control the number of results returned.
get_reviews - Get the reviews on a pull request. When asked for review comments, use get_review_comments method.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `push_files`

Push multiple files to a GitHub repository in a single commit

Parameters	Type	Description
`branch`	`string`	Branch to push to
`files`	`array`	Array of file objects to push, each object with path (string) and content (string)
`message`	`string`	Commit message
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

Tool: `remove_sub_issue`

Remove a sub-issue from a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	The number of the parent issue
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sub_issue_id`	`number`	The ID of the sub-issue to remove. ID is not the same as issue number

Tool: `reprioritize_sub_issue`

Reprioritize a sub-issue to a different position in the parent issue's sub-issue list.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	The number of the parent issue
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sub_issue_id`	`number`	The ID of the sub-issue to reprioritize. ID is not the same as issue number
`after_id`	`number`optional	The ID of the sub-issue to be prioritized after (either after_id OR before_id should be specified)
`before_id`	`number`optional	The ID of the sub-issue to be prioritized before (either after_id OR before_id should be specified)

Tool: `request_copilot_review`

Request a GitHub Copilot code review for a pull request. Use this for automated feedback on pull requests, usually before requesting a human reviewer.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

Tool: `search_code`

Fast and precise code search across ALL GitHub repositories using GitHub's native search engine. Best for finding exact symbols, functions, classes, or specific code patterns.

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Search query using GitHub's powerful code search syntax. Examples: 'content:Skill language:Java org:github', 'NOT is:archived language:Python OR language:go', 'repo:github/github-mcp-server'. Supports exact matching, language filters, path filters, and more.
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order for results
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort field ('indexed' only)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `search_issues`

Search for issues in GitHub repositories using issues search syntax already scoped to is:issue

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Search query using GitHub issues search syntax
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order
`owner`	`string`optional	Optional repository owner. If provided with repo, only issues for this repository are listed.
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`repo`	`string`optional	Optional repository name. If provided with owner, only issues for this repository are listed.
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort field by number of matches of categories, defaults to best match

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `search_pull_requests`

Search for pull requests in GitHub repositories using issues search syntax already scoped to is:pr

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Search query using GitHub pull request search syntax
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order
`owner`	`string`optional	Optional repository owner. If provided with repo, only pull requests for this repository are listed.
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`repo`	`string`optional	Optional repository name. If provided with owner, only pull requests for this repository are listed.
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort field by number of matches of categories, defaults to best match

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `search_repositories`

Find GitHub repositories by name, description, readme, topics, or other metadata. Perfect for discovering projects, finding examples, or locating specific repositories across GitHub.

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Repository search query. Examples: 'machine learning in:name stars:>1000 language:python', 'topic:react', 'user:facebook'. Supports advanced search syntax for precise filtering.
`minimal_output`	`boolean`optional	Return minimal repository information (default: true). When false, returns full GitHub API repository objects.
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort repositories by field, defaults to best match

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `search_users`

Find GitHub users by username, real name, or other profile information. Useful for locating developers, contributors, or team members.

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	User search query. Examples: 'john smith', 'location:seattle', 'followers:>100'. Search is automatically scoped to type:user.
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort users by number of followers or repositories, or when the person joined GitHub.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `submit_pending_pull_request_review`

Submit the requester's latest pending pull request review, normally this is a final step after creating a pending review, adding comments first, unless you know that the user already did the first two steps, you should check before calling this.

Parameters	Type	Description
`event`	`string`	The event to perform
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`body`	`string`optional	The text of the review comment

Tool: `update_issue`

Update an existing issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	Issue number to update
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`assignees`	`array`optional	New assignees
`body`	`string`optional	New description
`duplicate_of`	`number`optional	Issue number that this issue is a duplicate of. Only used when state_reason is 'duplicate'.
`labels`	`array`optional	New labels
`milestone`	`number`optional	New milestone number
`state`	`string`optional	New state
`state_reason`	`string`optional	Reason for the state change. Ignored unless state is changed.
`title`	`string`optional	New title
`type`	`string`optional	New issue type

Tool: `update_pull_request`

Update an existing pull request in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number to update
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`base`	`string`optional	New base branch name
`body`	`string`optional	New description
`draft`	`boolean`optional	Mark pull request as draft (true) or ready for review (false)
`maintainer_can_modify`	`boolean`optional	Allow maintainer edits
`reviewers`	`array`optional	GitHub usernames to request reviews from
`state`	`string`optional	New state
`title`	`string`optional	New title

Tool: `update_pull_request_branch`

Update the branch of a pull request with the latest changes from the base branch.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`expectedHeadSha`	`string`optional	The expected SHA of the pull request's HEAD ref

Use this MCP Server

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  }
}

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Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review. A pending review needs to already exist to call this (check with the user if not sure).

Add a comment to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Add a sub-issue to a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Create and submit a review for a pull request without review comments.

Create a new branch in a GitHub repository

Create a new issue in a GitHub repository.

Create a new pull request in a GitHub repository.

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Official GitHub MCP Server, by GitHub. Provides seamless integration with GitHub APIs, enabling advanced automation and interaction capabilities for developers and tools.

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MCP Info

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Docker Image	ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server⁠
Author	github⁠
Repository	https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server⁠

Image Building InfoDockerfile|https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/blob/main/Dockerfile⁠

Docker Image built by|github Docker Scout Health Score|Not available Verify Signature|Not available Licence|MIT License

Available Tools (49)

Tools provided by this Server	Short Description
`add_comment_to_pending_review`	Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review
`add_issue_comment`	Add comment to issue
`add_sub_issue`	Add sub-issue
`assign_copilot_to_issue`	Assign Copilot to issue
`create_and_submit_pull_request_review`	Create and submit a pull request review without comments
`create_branch`	Create branch
`create_issue`	Open new issue
`create_or_update_file`	Create or update file
`create_pending_pull_request_review`	Create pending pull request review
`create_pull_request`	Open new pull request
`create_repository`	Create repository
`delete_file`	Delete file
`delete_pending_pull_request_review`	Delete the requester's latest pending pull request review
`fork_repository`	Fork repository
`get_commit`	Get commit details
`get_file_contents`	Get file or directory contents
`get_issue`	Get issue details
`get_issue_comments`	Get issue comments
`get_label`	Get a specific label from a repository.
`get_latest_release`	Get latest release
`get_me`	Get my user profile
`get_release_by_tag`	Get a release by tag name
`get_tag`	Get tag details
`get_team_members`	Get team members
`get_teams`	Get teams
`list_branches`	List branches
`list_commits`	List commits
`list_issue_types`	List available issue types
`list_issues`	List issues
`list_label`	List labels from a repository or an issue
`list_pull_requests`	List pull requests
`list_releases`	List releases
`list_sub_issues`	List sub-issues
`list_tags`	List tags
`merge_pull_request`	Merge pull request
`pull_request_read`	Get details for a single pull request
`push_files`	Push files to repository
`remove_sub_issue`	Remove sub-issue
`reprioritize_sub_issue`	Reprioritize sub-issue
`request_copilot_review`	Request Copilot review
`search_code`	Search code
`search_issues`	Search issues
`search_pull_requests`	Search pull requests
`search_repositories`	Search repositories
`search_users`	Search users
`submit_pending_pull_request_review`	Submit the requester's latest pending pull request review
`update_issue`	Edit issue
`update_pull_request`	Edit pull request
`update_pull_request_branch`	Update pull request branch

Tools Details

Tool: `add_comment_to_pending_review`

Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review. A pending review needs to already exist to call this (check with the user if not sure).

Parameters	Type	Description
`body`	`string`	The text of the review comment
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`path`	`string`	The relative path to the file that necessitates a comment
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`subjectType`	`string`	The level at which the comment is targeted
`line`	`number`optional	The line of the blob in the pull request diff that the comment applies to. For multi-line comments, the last line of the range
`side`	`string`optional	The side of the diff to comment on. LEFT indicates the previous state, RIGHT indicates the new state
`startLine`	`number`optional	For multi-line comments, the first line of the range that the comment applies to
`startSide`	`string`optional	For multi-line comments, the starting side of the diff that the comment applies to. LEFT indicates the previous state, RIGHT indicates the new state

Tool: `add_issue_comment`

Add a comment to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`body`	`string`	Comment content
`issue_number`	`number`	Issue number to comment on
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

Tool: `add_sub_issue`

Add a sub-issue to a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	The number of the parent issue
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sub_issue_id`	`number`	The ID of the sub-issue to add. ID is not the same as issue number
`replace_parent`	`boolean`optional	When true, replaces the sub-issue's current parent issue

Tool: `assign_copilot_to_issue`

Assign Copilot to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

This tool can help with the following outcomes:

a Pull Request created with source code changes to resolve the issue

More information can be found at:

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/using-copilot-coding-agent-to-work-on-tasks/about-assigning-tasks-to-copilot⁠ Parameters|Type|Description -|-|- issueNumber|number|Issue number owner|string|Repository owner repo|string|Repository name

Tool: `create_and_submit_pull_request_review`

Create and submit a review for a pull request without review comments.

Parameters	Type	Description
`body`	`string`	Review comment text
`event`	`string`	Review action to perform
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`commitID`	`string`optional	SHA of commit to review

Tool: `create_branch`

Create a new branch in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`branch`	`string`	Name for new branch
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`from_branch`	`string`optional	Source branch (defaults to repo default)

Tool: `create_issue`

Create a new issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`title`	`string`	Issue title
`assignees`	`array`optional	Usernames to assign to this issue
`body`	`string`optional	Issue body content
`labels`	`array`optional	Labels to apply to this issue
`milestone`	`number`optional	Milestone number
`type`	`string`optional	Type of this issue

Tool: `create_or_update_file`

Parameters	Type	Description
`branch`	`string`	Branch to create/update the file in
`content`	`string`	Content of the file
`message`	`string`	Commit message
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization)
`path`	`string`	Path where to create/update the file
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sha`	`string`optional	Required if updating an existing file. The blob SHA of the file being replaced.

Tool: `create_pending_pull_request_review`

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`commitID`	`string`optional	SHA of commit to review

Tool: `create_pull_request`

Create a new pull request in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`base`	`string`	Branch to merge into
`head`	`string`	Branch containing changes
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`title`	`string`	PR title
`body`	`string`optional	PR description
`draft`	`boolean`optional	Create as draft PR
`maintainer_can_modify`	`boolean`optional	Allow maintainer edits

Tool: `create_repository`

Create a new GitHub repository in your account or specified organization

Parameters	Type	Description
`name`	`string`	Repository name
`autoInit`	`boolean`optional	Initialize with README
`description`	`string`optional	Repository description
`organization`	`string`optional	Organization to create the repository in (omit to create in your personal account)
`private`	`boolean`optional	Whether repo should be private

Tool: `delete_file`

Delete a file from a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`branch`	`string`	Branch to delete the file from
`message`	`string`	Commit message
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization)
`path`	`string`	Path to the file to delete
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

This tool may perform destructive updates.

Tool: `delete_pending_pull_request_review`

Delete the requester's latest pending pull request review. Use this after the user decides not to submit a pending review, if you don't know if they already created one then check first.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

Tool: `fork_repository`

Fork a GitHub repository to your account or specified organization

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`organization`	`string`optional	Organization to fork to

Tool: `get_commit`

Get details for a commit from a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sha`	`string`	Commit SHA, branch name, or tag name
`include_diff`	`boolean`optional	Whether to include file diffs and stats in the response. Default is true.
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_file_contents`

Get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization)
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`path`	`string`optional	Path to file/directory (directories must end with a slash '/')
`ref`	`string`optional	Accepts optional git refs such as `refs/tags/{tag}`, `refs/heads/{branch}` or `refs/pull/{pr_number}/head`
`sha`	`string`optional	Accepts optional commit SHA. If specified, it will be used instead of ref

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_issue`

Get details of a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	The number of the issue
`owner`	`string`	The owner of the repository
`repo`	`string`	The name of the repository

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_issue_comments`

Get comments for a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	Issue number
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_label`

Get a specific label from a repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`name`	`string`	Label name.
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization name)
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_latest_release`

Get the latest release in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_me`

Get details of the authenticated GitHub user. Use this when a request is about the user's own profile for GitHub. Or when information is missing to build other tool calls.

Tool: `get_release_by_tag`

Get a specific release by its tag name in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`tag`	`string`	Tag name (e.g., 'v1.0.0')

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_tag`

Get details about a specific git tag in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`tag`	`string`	Tag name

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_team_members`

Get member usernames of a specific team in an organization. Limited to organizations accessible with current credentials

Parameters	Type	Description
`org`	`string`	Organization login (owner) that contains the team.
`team_slug`	`string`	Team slug

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `get_teams`

Get details of the teams the user is a member of. Limited to organizations accessible with current credentials

Parameters	Type	Description
`user`	`string`optional	Username to get teams for. If not provided, uses the authenticated user.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_branches`

List branches in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_commits`

Get list of commits of a branch in a GitHub repository. Returns at least 30 results per page by default, but can return more if specified using the perPage parameter (up to 100).

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`author`	`string`optional	Author username or email address to filter commits by
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sha`	`string`optional	Commit SHA, branch or tag name to list commits of. If not provided, uses the default branch of the repository. If a commit SHA is provided, will list commits up to that SHA.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_issue_types`

List supported issue types for repository owner (organization).

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	The organization owner of the repository

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_issues`

List issues in a GitHub repository. For pagination, use the 'endCursor' from the previous response's 'pageInfo' in the 'after' parameter.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`after`	`string`optional	Cursor for pagination. Use the endCursor from the previous page's PageInfo for GraphQL APIs.
`direction`	`string`optional	Order direction. If provided, the 'orderBy' also needs to be provided.
`labels`	`array`optional	Filter by labels
`orderBy`	`string`optional	Order issues by field. If provided, the 'direction' also needs to be provided.
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`since`	`string`optional	Filter by date (ISO 8601 timestamp)
`state`	`string`optional	Filter by state, by default both open and closed issues are returned when not provided

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_label`

List labels from a repository or an issue

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner (username or organization name) - required for all operations
`repo`	`string`	Repository name - required for all operations
`issue_number`	`number`optional	Issue number - if provided, lists labels on the specific issue

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_pull_requests`

List pull requests in a GitHub repository. If the user specifies an author, then DO NOT use this tool and use the search_pull_requests tool instead.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`base`	`string`optional	Filter by base branch
`direction`	`string`optional	Sort direction
`head`	`string`optional	Filter by head user/org and branch
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort by
`state`	`string`optional	Filter by state

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_releases`

List releases in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_sub_issues`

List sub-issues for a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	Issue number
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (default: 1)
`per_page`	`number`optional	Number of results per page (max 100, default: 30)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `list_tags`

List git tags in a GitHub repository

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `merge_pull_request`

Merge a pull request in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`commit_message`	`string`optional	Extra detail for merge commit
`commit_title`	`string`optional	Title for merge commit
`merge_method`	`string`optional	Merge method

Tool: `pull_request_read`

Get information on a specific pull request in GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`method`	`string`	Action to specify what pull request data needs to be retrieved from GitHub.
Possible options:

get - Get details of a specific pull request.
get_diff - Get the diff of a pull request.
get_status - Get status of a head commit in a pull request. This reflects status of builds and checks.
get_files - Get the list of files changed in a pull request. Use with pagination parameters to control the number of results returned.
get_review_comments - Get the review comments on a pull request. Use with pagination parameters to control the number of results returned.
get_reviews - Get the reviews on a pull request. When asked for review comments, use get_review_comments method.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `push_files`

Push multiple files to a GitHub repository in a single commit

Parameters	Type	Description
`branch`	`string`	Branch to push to
`files`	`array`	Array of file objects to push, each object with path (string) and content (string)
`message`	`string`	Commit message
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

Tool: `remove_sub_issue`

Remove a sub-issue from a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	The number of the parent issue
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sub_issue_id`	`number`	The ID of the sub-issue to remove. ID is not the same as issue number

Tool: `reprioritize_sub_issue`

Reprioritize a sub-issue to a different position in the parent issue's sub-issue list.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	The number of the parent issue
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`sub_issue_id`	`number`	The ID of the sub-issue to reprioritize. ID is not the same as issue number
`after_id`	`number`optional	The ID of the sub-issue to be prioritized after (either after_id OR before_id should be specified)
`before_id`	`number`optional	The ID of the sub-issue to be prioritized before (either after_id OR before_id should be specified)

Tool: `request_copilot_review`

Request a GitHub Copilot code review for a pull request. Use this for automated feedback on pull requests, usually before requesting a human reviewer.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name

Tool: `search_code`

Fast and precise code search across ALL GitHub repositories using GitHub's native search engine. Best for finding exact symbols, functions, classes, or specific code patterns.

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Search query using GitHub's powerful code search syntax. Examples: 'content:Skill language:Java org:github', 'NOT is:archived language:Python OR language:go', 'repo:github/github-mcp-server'. Supports exact matching, language filters, path filters, and more.
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order for results
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort field ('indexed' only)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `search_issues`

Search for issues in GitHub repositories using issues search syntax already scoped to is:issue

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Search query using GitHub issues search syntax
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order
`owner`	`string`optional	Optional repository owner. If provided with repo, only issues for this repository are listed.
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`repo`	`string`optional	Optional repository name. If provided with owner, only issues for this repository are listed.
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort field by number of matches of categories, defaults to best match

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `search_pull_requests`

Search for pull requests in GitHub repositories using issues search syntax already scoped to is:pr

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Search query using GitHub pull request search syntax
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order
`owner`	`string`optional	Optional repository owner. If provided with repo, only pull requests for this repository are listed.
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`repo`	`string`optional	Optional repository name. If provided with owner, only pull requests for this repository are listed.
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort field by number of matches of categories, defaults to best match

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `search_repositories`

Find GitHub repositories by name, description, readme, topics, or other metadata. Perfect for discovering projects, finding examples, or locating specific repositories across GitHub.

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Repository search query. Examples: 'machine learning in:name stars:>1000 language:python', 'topic:react', 'user:facebook'. Supports advanced search syntax for precise filtering.
`minimal_output`	`boolean`optional	Return minimal repository information (default: true). When false, returns full GitHub API repository objects.
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort repositories by field, defaults to best match

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `search_users`

Find GitHub users by username, real name, or other profile information. Useful for locating developers, contributors, or team members.

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	User search query. Examples: 'john smith', 'location:seattle', 'followers:>100'. Search is automatically scoped to type:user.
`order`	`string`optional	Sort order
`page`	`number`optional	Page number for pagination (min 1)
`perPage`	`number`optional	Results per page for pagination (min 1, max 100)
`sort`	`string`optional	Sort users by number of followers or repositories, or when the person joined GitHub.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: `submit_pending_pull_request_review`

Parameters	Type	Description
`event`	`string`	The event to perform
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`body`	`string`optional	The text of the review comment

Tool: `update_issue`

Update an existing issue in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`issue_number`	`number`	Issue number to update
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`assignees`	`array`optional	New assignees
`body`	`string`optional	New description
`duplicate_of`	`number`optional	Issue number that this issue is a duplicate of. Only used when state_reason is 'duplicate'.
`labels`	`array`optional	New labels
`milestone`	`number`optional	New milestone number
`state`	`string`optional	New state
`state_reason`	`string`optional	Reason for the state change. Ignored unless state is changed.
`title`	`string`optional	New title
`type`	`string`optional	New issue type

Tool: `update_pull_request`

Update an existing pull request in a GitHub repository.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number to update
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`base`	`string`optional	New base branch name
`body`	`string`optional	New description
`draft`	`boolean`optional	Mark pull request as draft (true) or ready for review (false)
`maintainer_can_modify`	`boolean`optional	Allow maintainer edits
`reviewers`	`array`optional	GitHub usernames to request reviews from
`state`	`string`optional	New state
`title`	`string`optional	New title

Tool: `update_pull_request_branch`

Update the branch of a pull request with the latest changes from the base branch.

Parameters	Type	Description
`owner`	`string`	Repository owner
`pullNumber`	`number`	Pull request number
`repo`	`string`	Repository name
`expectedHeadSha`	`string`optional	The expected SHA of the pull request's HEAD ref

Use this MCP Server

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  "mcpServers": {
    "github-official": {
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      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Available Tools (49)

Tools Details

Tool: add_comment_to_pending_review

Tool: add_issue_comment

Tool: add_sub_issue

Tool: assign_copilot_to_issue

Tool: create_and_submit_pull_request_review

Tool: create_branch

Tool: create_issue

Tool: create_or_update_file

Tool: create_pending_pull_request_review

Tool: create_pull_request

Tool: create_repository

Tool: delete_file

Tool: delete_pending_pull_request_review

Tool: fork_repository

Tool: get_commit

Tool: get_file_contents

Tool: get_issue

Tool: get_issue_comments

Tool: get_label

Tool: get_latest_release

Tool: get_me

Tool: get_release_by_tag

Tool: get_tag

Tool: get_team_members

Tool: get_teams

Tool: list_branches

Tool: list_commits

Tool: list_issue_types

Tool: list_issues

Tool: list_label

Tool: list_pull_requests

Tool: list_releases

Tool: list_sub_issues

Tool: list_tags

Tool: merge_pull_request

Tool: pull_request_read

Tool: push_files

Tool: remove_sub_issue

Tool: reprioritize_sub_issue

Tool: request_copilot_review

Tool: search_code

Tool: search_issues

Tool: search_pull_requests

Tool: search_repositories

Tool: search_users

Tool: submit_pending_pull_request_review

Tool: update_issue

Tool: update_pull_request

Tool: update_pull_request_branch

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Available Tools (49)

Tools Details

Tool: add_comment_to_pending_review

Tool: add_issue_comment

Tool: add_sub_issue

Tool: assign_copilot_to_issue

Tool: create_and_submit_pull_request_review

Tool: create_branch

Tool: create_issue

Tool: create_or_update_file

Tool: create_pending_pull_request_review

Tool: create_pull_request

Tool: create_repository

Tool: delete_file

Tool: delete_pending_pull_request_review

Tool: `add_comment_to_pending_review`

Tool: `add_issue_comment`

Tool: `add_sub_issue`

Tool: `assign_copilot_to_issue`

Tool: `create_and_submit_pull_request_review`

Tool: `create_branch`

Tool: `create_issue`

Tool: `create_or_update_file`

Tool: `create_pending_pull_request_review`

Tool: `create_pull_request`

Tool: `create_repository`

Tool: `delete_file`

Tool: `delete_pending_pull_request_review`

Tool: `fork_repository`

Tool: `get_commit`

Tool: `get_file_contents`

Tool: `get_issue`

Tool: `get_issue_comments`

Tool: `get_label`

Tool: `get_latest_release`

Tool: `get_me`

Tool: `get_release_by_tag`

Tool: `get_tag`

Tool: `get_team_members`

Tool: `get_teams`

Tool: `list_branches`

Tool: `list_commits`

Tool: `list_issue_types`

Tool: `list_issues`

Tool: `list_label`

Tool: `list_pull_requests`

Tool: `list_releases`

Tool: `list_sub_issues`

Tool: `list_tags`

Tool: `merge_pull_request`

Tool: `pull_request_read`

Tool: `push_files`

Tool: `remove_sub_issue`

Tool: `reprioritize_sub_issue`

Tool: `request_copilot_review`

Tool: `search_code`

Tool: `search_issues`

Tool: `search_pull_requests`

Tool: `search_repositories`

Tool: `search_users`

Tool: `submit_pending_pull_request_review`

Tool: `update_issue`

Tool: `update_pull_request`

Tool: `update_pull_request_branch`

Tool: `add_comment_to_pending_review`

Tool: `add_issue_comment`

Tool: `add_sub_issue`

Tool: `assign_copilot_to_issue`

Tool: `create_and_submit_pull_request_review`

Tool: `create_branch`

Tool: `create_issue`

Tool: `create_or_update_file`

Tool: `create_pending_pull_request_review`

Tool: `create_pull_request`

Tool: `create_repository`

Tool: `delete_file`

Tool: `delete_pending_pull_request_review`

Tool: `fork_repository`

Tool: `get_commit`

Tool: `get_file_contents`

Tool: `get_issue`

Tool: `get_issue_comments`

Tool: `get_label`

Tool: `get_latest_release`

Tool: `get_me`

Tool: `get_release_by_tag`

Tool: `get_tag`

Tool: `get_team_members`

Tool: `get_teams`

Tool: `list_branches`

Tool: `list_commits`

Tool: `list_issue_types`

Tool: `list_issues`

Tool: `list_label`

Tool: `list_pull_requests`