GitHub Notifications MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides tools for managing GitHub notifications. This server allows AI assistants like Claude to help you manage your GitHub notifications through natural language commands.

Features

• List and filter your GitHub notifications
• Mark notifications as read
• View notification thread details
• Subscribe or unsubscribe from notification threads
• Mark threads as done
• Manage repository-specific notifications
• Control repository notification settings (all activity, default, or mute)

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18 or higher
• GitHub Personal Access Token (classic) with notifications or repo scope

Installation

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/github-notifications-mcp-server.git
   cd github-notifications-mcp-server
   

2. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

3. Build the project

   npm run build
   

4. Create a .env file with your GitHub token

   GITHUB_TOKEN=your_github_personal_access_token_here
   

Usage

Running the server directly

npm start

Using with Claude Desktop

Add the server to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-notifications": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/github-notifications-mcp-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your_github_personal_access_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Example Prompts

Here are some example prompts you can use with Claude Desktop once the server is connected:

• “Can you check my GitHub notifications?”
• “Show me my unread notifications from the last 24 hours.”
• “Mark all my notifications as read.”
• “Can you tell me about notification thread 12345?”
• “Unsubscribe me from thread 12345.”
• “What notifications do I have for the octocat/Hello-World repository?”
• “Mark all notifications from the octocat/Hello-World repository as read.”
• “Watch all activity on the octocat/Hello-World repository.”