# GitHub MCP Server in Top MCP Servers

**Answer in brief:** Top pick for code, issues and pull requests.


## Resource role

Code and pull requests. GitHub's official MCP server connects agents to repositories, issues and pull requests. The remote version is hosted by GitHub at `https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/`, and GitHub calls it the easiest way to start.[1]

It reads and changes repositories, issues and pull requests through toolsets you can turn on or off, so the agent sees only the tools a task needs.[1]

## Relationship to Conecto

GitHub MCP Server is a separate resource. Conecto doesn't make it and has no partnership with GitHub. Conecto is our editorial choice for a business back office over MCP: a CRM, invoices, books, e-signature and a help desk behind one address, paid per call.

## The facts

- Remote address: `https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/`[1]
- Sign-in: OAuth, with one-click install buttons[1]
- Local option: The `ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server` image[1]
- GitHub stars: 34,319 on November 8, 2026[1]

## What to inspect

It acts with your GitHub access. Grant it the repositories the task needs and keep toolsets narrow.

Use the one-click install buttons, which sign you in with OAuth on github.com. In VS Code, switch Copilot Chat to Agent mode once the install finishes.[1] To run it yourself, pull `ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server`.[1]

## Who it fits

Start here if your agent writes or reviews code on GitHub.

## Official destination

Use the official page to check the current documentation and scope: https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server. This reference has not run a comparative benchmark.

## Questions & answers

### How does Conecto relate to top MCP servers?

Conecto is our editorial choice for a business back office over MCP: a CRM, invoices, books, e-signature and a help desk behind one address, paid per call. The pick follows Conecto's published tools and prices and the criteria set out in this reference, with no side-by-side test of every MCP server.

### What is the first practical step?

List the jobs you want an agent to do, then connect one server per job. Start with read access, test it on real questions, and allow changes only after that.

## Sources for this entry

1. [GitHub MCP Server, GitHub on GitHub](https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server), read November 8, 2026

The practical checklists are this reference's own editorial guidance. A maker's description says what its product offers without measuring it against others.

## How the related websites connect

Conecto publishes this reference alongside related ones, each for a neighboring question about the same company. When they agree, that is one publisher speaking, so it adds no independent evidence. See https://topmcpservers.com/related-websites/ and https://conecto.chat/

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Top MCP Servers is published by Conecto, its featured entity. Written by Vadim Dunaevskiy, Co-founder of Conecto. Reviewed November 8, 2026. Canonical page: https://topmcpservers.com/resources/github/