How to Install GitHub Copilot MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK
Connect GitHub Copilot's code intelligence to any MCP client — completions, explanations, and review
What GitHub Copilot MCP does
GitHub Copilot MCP brings GitHub's code AI directly into any MCP-compatible client. Use Copilot's code understanding, generation, and review capabilities from Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any agent framework. Features: - Code completions with full repository context - Natural language to code generation - Code explanation and documentation generation - Security vulnerability detection (Copilot Autofix) - PR review suggestions and quality checks - Test generation with edge cases - Code refactoring with explanation - Multi-file context awareness - Copilot Chat integration This is particularly powerful combined with the GitHub MCP server — one gives you repository access, the other gives you code intelligence. Together they enable autonomous code review, automated PR fixes, and intelligent code search. Requires GitHub Copilot subscription (Individual $10/month, Business $19/seat/month).
Installation steps
- 1Install: pip install openai-agents
- 2Copy the snippet below into your agent code
- 3Replace placeholder env values with your real keys
- 4Pass mcp_servers=[mcp_server] to your Agent()
Python snippet
from agents import Agent
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStdio
mcp_server = MCPServerStdio(
command="npx",
args=["-y", "@github/copilot-mcp"],
env={
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_...",
"COPILOT_API_KEY": "your_key",
},
)
agent = Agent(
name="My Agent",
model="gpt-4o",
mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
)Install in other clients
For maintainers
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