GitHub Release MCP Server: Install & Setup

Install GitHub Release in Claude Code

Claude Code

claude mcp add github-release -- uvx gh-release-mcp

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-release": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gh-release-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

List and download GitHub release assets with multi-mirror parallel ranged download.

Yes, most likely. Open source and no paid account or API key is mentioned in the listing. Check the provider for current pricing.

Local. Runs on your machine (stdio). You install it with npx, uvx, Docker or from source.

Run: claude mcp add github-release -- uvx gh-release-mcp

io.github.contentforge-press/github-intel

Track public GitHub repos: free snapshot, paid release, star & issue intel via x402 USDC.

Kirchlive/github-inside-claude-code

Normalized GitHub-CLI bridge for Claude Code — 89 ops, 6 families incl. federation sources

pipeworx-io/mcp-github_private

GitHub Private MCP Pack — access private repos, org data via OAuth. Complements the existing…

AbdulMuhaiminKhan/github-mcp

Read-only GitHub repos, issues, PRs and commits, with tool descriptions tuned on a benchmark.

ChristopherDavenport/github-twin

Personal RAG over your GitHub history (commits, code, reviews), served to Claude Code over MCP.

pipeworx-io/mcp-github

GitHub MCP — wraps the GitHub public REST API (no auth required for public endpoints)