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GitHub × Claude

Use the GitHub MCP server
in Claude

Repos, issues, and pull requests from your GitHub account — in your AI. This guide connects GitHub to Claude (claude.ai and the Claude desktop app) through a governed gateway — one URL that also works in every other MCP client you use, with your rules and a full log attached.

Connect GitHub free

Live-probed · Security-scanned · Connects with your API key

Setup: GitHub in Claude

Claude adds MCP servers via custom connectors in Settings. The gateway route takes about two minutes:

  1. Create a free gate gateway and connect GitHub to it from the verified directory (one click with your API key).
  2. Open claude.ai → Settings → Connectors and click 'Add custom connector'.
  3. Name it 'gate' and paste your gateway URL, then approve the authorization.
  4. Ask Claude something GitHub can answer — the call runs through your gateway, with your rules applied and logged.

What to ask once it’s connected

“Summarize the open PRs waiting for my review.”
“What changed on main since Friday?”
“Create an issue from this bug description.”
“Which issues are labeled critical and unassigned?”

Why route it through a gateway

One URL, every client

The same GitHub connection works in Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code too — no per-client re-wiring.

Rules before regret

Allow, ask, or block every tool GitHub exposes — reads can flow freely while writes require your approval.

Every call logged

A plain-language activity log of everything Claude did with GitHub — searchable, exportable, auditable.

Scanned and probed

GitHub passed a live handshake probe and a security scan before listing — and drift detection watches it after you connect.

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Also available: GitHub in Claude Code · GitHub in ChatGPT · GitHub in Cursor · GitHub in VS Code