GitHub MCP Server 0.20.1

What's Changed

• Process improvements by @JoannaaKL in #1316
• Updates github-mcp-server to go-github/v76 by @stephenotalora in #1289
• Dont pass milestone if not provided by @JoannaaKL in #1318
• Update description by @JoannaaKL in #1319

New Contributors

• @stephenotalora made their first contribution in #1289

Full Changelog: v0.20.0...v0.20.1

GitHub MCP Server 0.20.0

Changes to Tools

Issues Consolidation link

Similar to the consolidation of the pull request review tools in the previous release, the below listed tools have been consolidated into a single powerful issue_read tool:

• get_issue
• get_issue_comments
• list_labels (with issue_number)
• list_sub_issues

A new method parameter to perform these tasks is:

• get
• get_comments
• get_labels
• get_sub_issues

Tools create_issue and update_issue were consolidated into a single tool issue_write with a method parameter:create and update.

Tools add_sub_issue, remove_sub_issue and reprioritize_sub_issue were consolidated into a single tool sub_issue_write with a method parameter add, reprioritize and remove .

Project Improvements

• fields parameter added to list_project_items and get_project_item tools link

Pull Requests Improvements

• get_comments method added to pull_request_read link

What's Changed

• Add ai-moderator workflow by @JoannaaKL in #1274
• Issues consolidation by @almaleksia in #1211
• projects: add item field support by @tmelliottjr in #1282
• fixing url param descriptions by @tonytrg in #1287
• projects: update fields and prompt by @tmelliottjr in #1292
• chore(mcp/server.json): improve the OCI package specification by @axel7083 in #1217
• Update registry server version by @MattBabbage in #1279

New Contributors

• @tmelliottjr made their first contribution in #1282
• @axel7083 made their first contribution in #1217

Full Changelog: v0.19.1...v0.20.0

GitHub MCP Server 0.19.1

Changelog

• c019595 Split up tooling utility (#1273)

What's Changed

• build(deps): bump sigstore/cosign-installer from 3.10.0 to 4.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1264
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in #1213
• build(deps): bump golang from 1.25.1-alpine to 1.25.3-alpine by @dependabot[bot] in #1263
• Split up tooling utility by @tonytrg in #1273

Full Changelog: v0.19.0...v0.19.1

GitHub MCP Server 0.19.0

Changes to Tools

Pull request review #1192

Similar to consolidation of the pull request tools in the previous release, the below pull request review tools have been consolidated into a single powerful pull_request_review_write tool:

• create_and_submit_pull_request_review
• create_pending_pull_request_review
• submit_pending_pull_request_review
• delete_pending_pull_request_review

The new tool has a method parameter to perform these tasks:

• create
• submit_pending
• delete_pending

Default Toolset Configuration #1229

Default toolsets were introduced in the previous release. To make configuration easier, the X-MCP-Toolsets header (for Remote) and --toolsets CLI arg (for Local) now accept the default toolset string. This can be used to add to the default toolsets without explicitly naming each one.

Examples:

• "default"
  Instead of: "context,repos,issues,pull_requests,users"
• "default,discussions"
  Instead of: "context,repos,issues,pull_requests,users,discussions"

For more details about default toolsets, check out this discussion post

What's Changed

• Simplify Registry release pipeline by @MattBabbage in #1204
• Allow unknown toolsets to be ignored by @omgitsads in #1202
• Consolidate pull request review tools by @almaleksia in #1192
• restructure readme for better ghes ghec visibility by @tonytrg in #1210
• docs: Gemini CLI additional options by @LuluBeatson in #1223
• Fix subdomain isolation URL parsing by @tonytrg in #1218
• Update readme for remote only tools by @omgitsads in #1227
• docs: New "GitHub Support Docs Search" tool by @LuluBeatson in #1225
• Adding default toolset as configuration by @tonytrg in #1229
• Add Gemini CLI extension by @marzvrover in #1232
• Fix environment variable mapping for read-only mode by @pinotelio in #1067

New Contributors

• @marzvrover made their first contribution in #1232
• @pinotelio made their first contribution in #1067

Full Changelog: v0.18.0...v0.19.0

GitHub MCP Server 0.18.0

Changelog

Breaking changes

A new default toolset configuration has been introduced in #1159. This now includes the five most-used toolset groups:

• context - Current user and GitHub context
• repos - Repository operations
• issues - Issue tracking
• pull_requests - PR workflows
• users - User information

For more details, check out this discussion post.

Changes to tools

Pull request tooling

The below pull request tools have been consolidated into a single powerful tool:

• get_pull_request
• get_pull_request_files
• get_pull_request_status
• get_pull_request_diff
• get_pull_request_reviews
• get_pull_request_review_comments

The new pull_request_read tool (decreasing from 6 to 1 tools) makes use of the method argument to perform these tasks:

• get
• get_files
• get_status
• get_diff
• get_reviews
• get_review_comments

New tools

Label management

• get_label
• list_label
• label_write
  • method argument:
    • create
    • update
    • delete

Projects

• update_project_item

What's Changed

• Adding default toolset grouping by @tonytrg in #1159
• Consolidating pull requests get tools by @almaleksia in #1172
• Fix binary files retrieval by @kerobbi in #1183
• Improve registry release reliability by @MattBabbage in #1174
• Add sort and order parameters to search_repositories tool by @kerobbi in #1191
• adding labels tools by @tonytrg in #1193
• Add update project item tool by @JoannaaKL in #1194
• rename tooling by @tonytrg in #1198

Full Changelog: v0.17.1...v0.18.0

GitHub MCP Server 0.17.1

Changelog

We removed update_project_item tool that caused issues with input schema validation.

What's Changed

• OSS Registry schema update by @MattBabbage in #1163
• Remove update_project_item tool by @JoannaaKL in #1167

Full Changelog: v0.17.0...v0.17.1

GitHub MCP Server 0.17.0

Improvements

• MCP Registry Publication - Declobbering by @MattBabbage in #1151

New Tools

• get_project_field, list_project_items, get_project_item by @JoannaaKL in #1145
• add_project_item, delete_project_item, update_project_item by @JoannaaKL in #1152

Full Changelog: v0.16.0...v0.17.0

GitHub MCP Server 0.16.0

Changelog

New Tools

New toolset for Projects V2:

• get_project
• list_projects
• list_project_fields

What's Changed

• Add server instructions based on toolsets by @olaservo in #1091
• Add tools for Projects V2 by @JoannaaKL in #1114 and #1113
• Update documentation to reflect OAuth support by @omgitsads in #1070
• Add MCP Registry configuration @MattBabbage in #1128
• Add Copilot Spaces toolset to readme by @almaleksia in #1135
• dependencies update by @dependabot[bot]

New Contributors

• @olaservo made their first contribution in #1091

Full Changelog: v0.15.0...v0.16.0

GitHub MCP Server 0.15.0

What's Changed

• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #878
• Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.10.0 to 1.11.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1031
• docs: Add Google Gemini CLI installation guide and integration by @ipapapa in #757
• Update README.md by @D1M1TR10S in #1044
• build(deps): bump docker/metadata-action from 5.0.0 to 5.8.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #880
• Updating tool get_pull_request_comments -> get_pull_request_review_comments by @tonytrg in #1062
• Add return ID to CRUD tools by @mattdholloway in #1074
• npm install by @Reaper1-1 in #1042
• Add specifying state change reason to update_issue tool by @kerobbi in #1073
• Add starred repository support to GitHub MCP server by @Copilot in #1078

New Contributors

• @ipapapa made their first contribution in #757
• @Reaper1-1 made their first contribution in #1042
• @Copilot made their first contribution in #1078

Full Changelog: v0.14.0...v0.15.0

GitHub MCP Server 0.14.0

Notice for Contributors: We would like to encourage contributors to the GitHub MCP server to create an issue in addition to a PR when contributing. Further details can be found here: https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#what-were-looking-for

Tool Updates

• Add minimal response to CRUD tools, repositories and search toolsets by @mattdholloway in #988
• Add support for creating new repos under org by @mattdholloway in #1023

What's Changed

• Encourage issue creation for contribution requests by @IrynaKulakova in #1003
• Clarify Visual Studio version and setup instructions by @AArnott in #787

New Contributors

• @IrynaKulakova made their first contribution in #1003
• @AArnott made their first contribution in #787

Full Changelog: v0.13.0...v0.14.0