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Integrates with GitHub Projects to streamline Agile Sprint-based workflows, enabling project creation, task management,...

Created byApr 23, 2025

GitHub Projects MCP Server

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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI agents to create and manage Agile Sprint-based projects using GitHub Projects.

Features

  • **GitHub Projects v2 API**: Full support for GitHub's GraphQL Projects v2 API
  • **GitHub Issues**: Create, read, and update GitHub issues
  • **GitHub Repositories**: Fetch repository details
  • **Type Safety**: Built with TypeScript for maximum type safety

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install GitHub Projects MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/taylor-lindores-reeves/mcp-github-projects):

Usage

Manual Installation

  1. Clone this repository: ```bash git clone https://github.com/taylor-lindores-reeves/mcp-github-projects.git cd mcp-github-projects ```
  1. Install dependencies: ```bash bun install ```
  1. Create a `.env` file with your GitHub token: ``` GITHUB_TOKEN=your_github_personal_access_token GITHUB_OWNER=your_github_username ```
  1. Build the server: ```bash bun run build ```
  1. Configure your MCP client with the following settings:

Environment Variables

  • `GITHUB_TOKEN`: GitHub Personal Access Token with appropriate permissions
  • `GITHUB_OWNER`: GitHub username or organization name

GitHub Token Permissions

This MCP server requires a GitHub Personal Access Token (classic) with the following permissions:
  • `project` - Full control of projects
  • `read:project` - Read access of projects
  • `repo` - Full control of private repositories
  • `repo:status` - Access commit status
  • `repo_deployment` - Access deployment status
  • `public_repo` - Access public repositories
  • `repo:invite` - Access repository invitations
  • `security_events` - Read and write security events

Development

Commands

  • Build: `bun run build`
  • Generate GraphQL types: `bun run graphql-codegen`

Project Structure

This project is a MCP Server for GitHub's GraphQL API, with focus on Project V2 operations. The codebase provides typed access to GitHub projects functionality through GraphQL.

Available Operations

Projects

  • Create, read, update, and delete GitHub Projects
  • Manage project fields, items, and status updates
  • Convert draft issues to actual issues
  • Archive and unarchive project items

Issues

  • Get issue details
  • Add issues to projects

Repositories

  • Get repository information