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io.github.AbdulMuhaiminKhan/github-mcp

GitHub (read-only)

Is the GitHub (read-only) MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-30.

Read-only GitHub repos, issues, PRs and commits, with tool descriptions tuned on a benchmark.

alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-10-30

6tools
2.7ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
1.3 %of Claude's 200k window
1.1×the median server
3.4 sto initialize
9 msto list tools
Run it
uvx github-mcp-readonly@1.2.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
pypi.org
Reports itself as
github-readonly 1.2.0
Capabilities
prompts, resources, tools
Instructions
none
Of a 1M window
0.3 % of a 1M context window
Count
2.7k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-16. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 2.8k. The o200k_base estimate is 1.6k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/AbdulMuhaiminKhan/github-mcp
Website
https://abdulmuhaiminkhan.github.io/github-mcp/
Registry
active, updated 2026-10-08 · registry entry

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Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
get_recent_commits58835322 %
search_issues53532120 %
list_pull_requests45327217 %
list_open_issues44326616 %
list_repositories41524915 %

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