GitHub Project Manager MCP

Name: GitHub Project Manager MCP
Author: kunwarVivek

kunwarVivek

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AI project management on GitHub Projects v2: PRD-to-issues, sprint planning, progress tracking, Actions and releases.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add github-project-manager --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>' --env GITHUB_OWNER='<GITHUB_OWNER>' --env GITHUB_REPO='<GITHUB_REPO>' --env GITHUB_TOKEN='<GITHUB_TOKEN>' --env GOOGLE_API_KEY='<GOOGLE_API_KEY>' --env OPENAI_API_KEY='<OPENAI_API_KEY>' --env PERPLEXITY_API_KEY='<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>' -- docker build -t mcp-github-project-manager .

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.github-project-manager]
command = "docker"
args = ["build", "-t", "mcp-github-project-manager", "."]
env = { ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>", GITHUB_OWNER = "<GITHUB_OWNER>", GITHUB_REPO = "<GITHUB_REPO>", GITHUB_TOKEN = "<GITHUB_TOKEN>", GOOGLE_API_KEY = "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>", OPENAI_API_KEY = "<OPENAI_API_KEY>", PERPLEXITY_API_KEY = "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add github-project-manager --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>' --env GITHUB_OWNER='<GITHUB_OWNER>' --env GITHUB_REPO='<GITHUB_REPO>' --env GITHUB_TOKEN='<GITHUB_TOKEN>' --env GOOGLE_API_KEY='<GOOGLE_API_KEY>' --env OPENAI_API_KEY='<OPENAI_API_KEY>' --env PERPLEXITY_API_KEY='<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>' -- docker build -t mcp-github-project-manager .

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-project-manager": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "build",
        "-t",
        "mcp-github-project-manager",
        "."
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "github-project-manager": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "build",
        "-t",
        "mcp-github-project-manager",
        "."
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-project-manager": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "build",
        "-t",
        "mcp-github-project-manager",
        "."
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-project-manager": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "build",
        "-t",
        "mcp-github-project-manager",
        "."
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-project-manager": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "build",
        "-t",
        "mcp-github-project-manager",
        "."
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_OWNER": "<GITHUB_OWNER>",
        "GITHUB_REPO": "<GITHUB_REPO>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
GITHUB_OWNER
GITHUB_REPO
GITHUB_TOKEN
GOOGLE_API_KEY
OPENAI_API_KEY
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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