Connecting GitHub MCP Server with MCP Inspector

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- Last updated: 6th May 2025

Prerequests:
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1. GitHub PAT token 
2. Docker runtime 


Steps:
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1.) Create a file called config.json and save it somewhere with the following content.

{
    "mcpServers": {
      "github": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
                    "run",
                    "-i",
                    "--rm",
                    "-e",
                    "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
                    "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "GitHub PAT Token"
                }
      }
    }
  }


2.) Replace the <PAT Token> with the token you generated.


3.) Run MCP Inspector with the following command. 

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --config config.json --server github