Releases: github/github-mcp-server
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GitHub MCP Server 0.13.0
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New Tools
- New
get_release_by_tag
tool - New toolset for Security Advisories:
list_repository_security_advisories
,list_org_repository_security_advisories
,list_global_security_advisories
andget_global_security_advisory
Tool updates
- Reduced memory footprint of
get_job_logs
tool
What's Changed
- Update "Close inactive issues" workflow to close issues after 180 days of inactivity by @tommaso-moro in #909
- Update Claude MCP install guide after testing by @D1M1TR10S in #706
- Add actions job log buffer and profiler by @mattdholloway in #866
- Add get_release_by_tag tool by @tommaso-moro in #938
- docs(readme): Update readme to point to correct installation guides index by @beccccaboo in #892
- Add Global Security Advisories Toolset by @jurre in #919
- Repository security advisories by @jurre in #925
- Update Cursor installation link by @tommaso-moro in #940
- Fix role from "system" to "user" in message prompt by @tommaso-moro in #941
New Contributors
- @beccccaboo made their first contribution in #892
- @jurre made their first contribution in #919
Full Changelog: v0.12.1...v0.13.0
GitHub MCP Server 0.12.1
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This release contains assets for the GitHub MCP Server 0.12.0
v0.12.0
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New Tools
- Add List issue types tool by @akenneth in #616
- Add
get_teams
andget_team_members
tools by @mattdholloway in #834 - List releases by @JoannaaKL in #862
Tool Updates
- Update
remove_sub_issue
tool to use go-github by @tommaso-moro in #856 - Add issue types by @JoannaaKL in #869
- Fix duplicate filter issues across all search tools by @gokhanarkan in #828
- Adding comments sorting for list_issues by @MattBabbage in #854
What's Changed
- Tommy/improve-ref-handling by @tommaso-moro in #851
- Handle Actions Cancel Workflow Run returning a 202 by @omgitsads in #855
- fix: replace logrus with slog by @ricochet in #781
- Add workflow to mark inactive issues by @JoannaaKL in #861
- Enable Dependabot by @zkoppert in #654
- Bump SDK version to 0.36.0 by @almaleksia in #863
- Use structs from updated SDK by @almaleksia in #886
New Contributors
- @ricochet made their first contribution in #781
- @akenneth made their first contribution in #616
- @gokhanarkan made their first contribution in #828
- @zkoppert made their first contribution in #654
- @almaleksia made their first contribution in #863
Full Changelog: v0.11.0...v0.12.0
GitHub MCP Server 0.11.0
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Tool Updates
- Added support for org-level discussions in the
list_discussion_categories
tool - Fixed
search_issues
andsearch_pull_requests
tool descriptions to reference issues and pull requests respectively, rather than notifications - Migrated
list_issues
tool from REST to GraphQL API
What's Changed
- Add title field to discussion in get_discussion tool by @tommaso-moro in #803
- Add support for org-level discussions in list_discussion_categories tool by @tommaso-moro in #819
- Bump go-github to v74 by @tommaso-moro in #826
- fix: correct descriptions for PR/issue searching by @klaskosk in #840
- Migrate list_issues tool from REST to GraphQL API by @MattBabbage in #833
New Contributors
- @klaskosk made their first contribution in #840
- @MattBabbage made their first contribution in #833
Full Changelog: v0.10.0...v0.11.0
GitHub MCP Server 0.10.0
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Tool Updates
- Updates to the
update_pull_request
tool- Added a new draft parameter to allow toggling a PR as draft or ready to review
- Added a new reviewers parameter to allow requesting new reviews
- Added support for org-level discussions in the
list_discussions
tool - New multi-tool workflow prompt
- Updated the descriptions for search tools with examples
- Added the new Gist toolset
What's Changed
- Add updating draft state to
update_pull_request
tool by @mattdholloway in #774 - Add support for org-level discussions in list_discussions tool by @tommaso-moro in #775
- Add initial support for multi-tool workflows by @mattdholloway in #685
- Updated descriptions for search tools by @JoannaaKL in #737
- Feat: Add initial Gist tools by @xodene in #340
- feat: add reviewers parameter to UpdatePullRequest by @MayorFaj in #285
New Contributors
Full Changelog: v0.9.1...v0.10.0
GitHub MCP Server 0.9.1
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GitHub MCP Server 0.9.0
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Tool Updates
- New tools for sub-issues:
add_sub_issue
,list_sub_issues
,remove_sub_issue
,reprioritize_sub_issue
- Improved pagination for tools
- Several enhancements for
list_discussions
tool:- The updatedAt and author.login (i.e. username) fields to the discussions payload in the list_discussions tool
- The ability to order discussions by field (updated_at and created_at) and direction (ascending order, descending order)
- Parameter optimization for
search_code
tool
What's Changed
- Update installation guide for GitHub MCP Server by @D1M1TR10S in #699
- fix: make mcpcurl support "integer" type (#687) by @bitsark in #688
- Added installation instructions for mcpcurl by @Bupalchow in #719
- Add pagination support to GraphQL-based tools by @mattdholloway in #683
- Add tools for sub-issue endpoint by @martinnormark in #470
- docs(testing.md): fix spacing by @vladdoster in #734
- feat: list_discussions sort by updatedAt & createdAt, return updatedAt and author by @tommaso-moro in #690
- Changed q to query in search by @JoannaaKL in #740
New Contributors
- @bitsark made their first contribution in #688
- @Bupalchow made their first contribution in #719
- @mattdholloway made their first contribution in #683
- @vladdoster made their first contribution in #734
Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.9.0
GitHub MCP Server 0.8.0
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General Updates
Updated installation instructions under /docs/installation-guides/
Tool Updates
- Several improvements to
get_file_contents
:- For files, gets matching paths in the Git Tree if the full path isn't known
- For directories, the root "/" is default
- For files, returns file SHA along with content
- Shortened tool name
add_pull_request_review_comment_to_pending_review
toadd_comment_to_pending_review
What's Changed
get_file_content
Match Paths in Git Tree if Full Path Unknown by @LuluBeatson in #650- fix: get_file_contents use "/" for root by @LuluBeatson in #666
- Bump go-github to v73.0.0 by @martinnormark in #597
- Always include SHA in get_file_contents responses by @yonaka15 in #676
- Reorganize README, add dedicated install guides, include policies and governance info for the github server by @D1M1TR10S in #695
- fix: shorten long tool name for adding pr review comments by @LuluBeatson in #697
New Contributors
- @martinnormark made their first contribution in #597
- @yonaka15 made their first contribution in #676
Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.8.0
GitHub MCP Server 0.7.0
New Tools
- Discussions - List, filter, get details and comments on discussions.
- Dependabot - List, filter, and get details of Dependabot alerts.
Tool Updates
- Removed
reason
argument forget_me
tool. - Output simplified for
get_me
tool. - Improvements to various tool descriptions.
What's Changed
- Add .DS_Store to .gitignore by @tommaso-moro in #626
- Add discussion tools by @JoannaaKL in #624
- Cleanup by @JoannaaKL in #628
- Update list commits tool description by @JoannaaKL in #629
- Add Dependabot Alert Tools by @LuluBeatson in #631
- use WithPagination tool option by @LuluBeatson in #632
- get_me return concise user response by @LuluBeatson in #638
- fix: stale information in CONTRIBUTING.md by @SamMorrowDrums in #640
- Updated links to MCP Specification in
docs/host-integration.md
by @jww3 in #641 - Update
list_commits
Filtering Descriptions by @LuluBeatson in #634 - fix: get_discussion graphQL invalid field by @LuluBeatson in #648
- Remove redundant param for get_me and update contribution guide by @tonytrg in #649
- Update
create_or_update_file
SHA Arg Description by @LuluBeatson in #651 - Include Copilot coding agent tool on the remote GitHub MCP server by @nhu-do in #656
- Tommy/(Bug-fix): adjust tool description to account for author in prompt by @tommaso-moro in #658
New Contributors
- @tommaso-moro made their first contribution in #626
- @nhu-do made their first contribution in #656
Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v0.7.0
GitHub MCP Server 0.6.0
New Tools
- GitHub Actions tools for workflow management
- Separate tools for issue and pull request search
- Separate tools for org and user search (org toolset added)
Tool Updates
get_file_contents
accepts a ref or shaget_pull_request_files
now accepts pagination parameterslist_commits
now accepts an author field for filtering
New Prompts π
- first prompt to automatically assign copilot coding agent to tasks from a specified repository
Changelog
What's Changed
- Update README.md to prompt VS Code version update by @D1M1TR10S in #509
- point to general updates page by @tonytrg in #511
- add clarification for required vs code version for remote mcp by @tonytrg in #512
- point to remote config docs by @tonytrg in #513
- Add a Remote MCP configuration example that employs a PAT by @jww3 in #514
- Add missing tool descriptions by @tonytrg in #515
- Update README.md by @PierreGode in #534
- build(deps): bump github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 from 2.2.1 to 2.3.0 by @dependabot in #529
- build(deps): bump golang from 1.24.3-alpine to 1.24.4-alpine by @dependabot in #496
- docs: change Anthropic to Github in mcpurl README by @dgiacomo in #538
- chore: fix e2e tests by @tonytrg in #536
- Add toolsnaps for every tool by @williammartin in #543
- docs: suggest shorter name for server by @SamMorrowDrums in #546
- feat: add GitHub Actions tools for workflow management by @gabornyergesX in #491
- build(deps): bump github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go from 0.31.0 to 0.32.0 by @dependabot in #528
- Remove tool desc
add_pull_request_review_comment
and `create_pull_r⦠by @andrewyk in #553 - Update feature_request.md by @D1M1TR10S in #560
- get_file_contents accepts a ref instead of just branch by @tonytrg in #558
- Add ctx propagation to raw api request by @kerobbi in #570
- add author field to list_commits for filtering by @davidbyttow in #569
- Add in an assign copilot prompt by @SamMorrowDrums in #572
- Adjust
create_or_update_file
description to try avoid incorrect selection by @williammartin in #419 - Enable use of error middleware by @SamMorrowDrums in #573
- feat: add pagination support to get_pull_request_files tool by @anant-rustagi in #561
- Separate org and user search by @SamMorrowDrums in #486
- Add search pull requests tool by @JoannaaKL in #583
- Add underscore variant by @JoannaaKL in #581
- collapse docs from readme by @tonytrg in #580
- Generate documentation by @SamMorrowDrums in #602
- Add release script by @SamMorrowDrums in #594
- Fix linting flow by @JoannaaKL in #614
- Add tail logs option by @JoannaaKL in #615
- Add script to generate docs by @JoannaaKL in #622
- Add comment to trim lines by @JoannaaKL in #621
New Contributors
- @D1M1TR10S made their first contribution in #509
- @jww3 made their first contribution in #514
- @PierreGode made their first contribution in #534
- @dgiacomo made their first contribution in #538
- @gabornyergesX made their first contribution in #491
- @andrewyk made their first contribution in #553
- @kerobbi made their first contribution in #570
- @davidbyttow made their first contribution in #569
- @anant-rustagi made their first contribution in #561
- @JoannaaKL made their first contribution in #583
Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.0