Lets agents manage GitHub notifications through the GitHub notifications API, aimed at OSS maintainers.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add github-notifications --env GITHUB_TOKEN='<GITHUB_TOKEN>' -- node /absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.github-notifications]
command = "node"
args = ["/absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js"]
env = { GITHUB_TOKEN = "<GITHUB_TOKEN>" }
# codex mcp add github-notifications --env GITHUB_TOKEN='<GITHUB_TOKEN>' -- node /absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-notifications": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"github-notifications": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-notifications": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-notifications": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-notifications": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
GITHUB_TOKEN
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.