GitHub MCP Server 0.2.0

The v0.2.0 release introduces a couple of major changes 🚀 :

• Explicitly enable groups of tools like issues or pull_requests.
• Experimental Dynamic Tool Discovery and provide feedback if you love it ❤️ , hate 😭 it or encountered any issues 👾.
• The ENV var for setting the github host for enterprise has changed to GITHUB_HOST from GH_HOST. The --gh-host flag remains unchanged.

You can find instructions for enabling these features in your

To upgrade, be sure to first run:

docker pull ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:latest

Then restart the server in your MCP host application!

Changelog

What's Changed

• chore: Standardize 'licence' to 'license' spelling by @3mini in #158
• chore: Remove unnecessary trailing periods from descriptions by @mururu in #170
• chore: export code scanning funcs by @SamMorrowDrums in #162
• chore: export issues funcs by @SamMorrowDrums in #163
• chore: export pr funcs by @SamMorrowDrums in #164
• chore: export repository funcs by @SamMorrowDrums in #166
• chore: export search funcs by @SamMorrowDrums in #167
• chore: export remaining + helpers by @SamMorrowDrums in #168
• fix: enhance Docker publish workflow with additional tagging options by @MayorFaj in #160
• Generate GitHub Artifact Attestations by @suzuki-shunsuke in #174
• Indicate Go API stability in README by @williammartin in #175
• remove pretty print json flag by @mntlty in #179
• feat: Add update_pull_request tool by @monotykamary in #122
• Fix handling nil values for optional string array parameters, by @A-Georgiou in #194
• chore: groundwork for multi-user to server by @SamMorrowDrums in #195
• docs: fix CODEOWNERS syntax by @Juneezee in #184
• Make it clear that Docker needs to be running by @chiedo in #214
• Add tool for getting a single commit (includes stats, files) by @jshorty in #216
• Allow passing through server options by @omgitsads in #218
• Add ability to view branches for a repo #141 by @aryasoni98 in #205
• Prefer already-defined endpoint mock by @jshorty in #226
• chore:update CONTRIBUTING.md style guide link by @omihirofumi in #234
• Add tools for one-off PR comments and replying to PR review comments by @ashwin-ant in #143
• chore: extend user agent by @SamMorrowDrums in #237
• feat: pretty-print JSONL text responses in mcpcurl by @simondanielsson in #239
• Add clarity to the "Build from source" option by @rfearing in #264
• feat: partition tools by product/feature by @SamMorrowDrums in #188
• feat: add version subcommand to display build metadata by @joe-ton in #119
• Add missing enum constraints by @tonytrg in #278
• Add Tool Name property for List Code Scanning Alerts tool by @Dylan-Rinker in #272
• Adding SecretScanning Toolset by @tonytrg in #280
• Update CODEOWNERS to github-mcp-server team by @williammartin in #301
• fix: update json schema for create_pull_request_review by @toby in #300
• chore: update readme for tool parititioning by @SamMorrowDrums in #274

New Contributors

• @3mini made their first contribution in #158
• @mururu made their first contribution in #170
• @MayorFaj made their first contribution in #160
• @suzuki-shunsuke made their first contribution in #174
• @monotykamary made their first contribution in #122
• @A-Georgiou made their first contribution in #194
• @Juneezee made their first contribution in #184
• @jshorty made their first contribution in #216
• @omgitsads made their first contribution in #218
• @aryasoni98 made their first contribution in #205
• @omihirofumi made their first contribution in #234
• @simondanielsson made their first contribution in #239
• @joe-ton made their first contribution in #119
• @tonytrg made their first contribution in #278
• @Dylan-Rinker made their first contribution in #272

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.2.0