How to Install GitHub MCP Server in OpenAI Agents SDK

Full GitHub API access for your AI agents — repos, issues, PRs, and more

What GitHub MCP Server does

Connect your AI agents to GitHub with full read/write access. Create issues, open pull requests, review code, and manage repositories directly from your AI workflows. Features: - Repository management (create, clone, fork) - Issues and pull request management - Code review and commenting - GitHub Actions integration - Organization and team management - Webhook event handling Built on the official GitHub REST API v3 with OAuth App support and fine-grained PAT tokens.

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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

Python snippetpython

from agents import Agent
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStdio

mcp_server = MCPServerStdio(
    command="npx",
    args=["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
    env={
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    },
)

agent = Agent(
    name="My Agent",
    model="gpt-4o",
    mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
)

Full server details GitHub Open Config Editor

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