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Add `${input:github_token}`
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Expand Up @@ -92,9 +92,30 @@ More about using MCP server tools in VS Code's [agent mode documentation](https:
### Build from source

If you don't have Docker, you can use `go` to build the binary in the
`cmd/github-mcp-server` directory, and use the `github-mcp-server stdio`
command with the `GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` environment variable set to
your token.
`cmd/github-mcp-server` directory:
```
GOTOOLCHAIN=auto go install github.com/github/github-mcp-server/cmd/github-mcp-server@latest
```

The MCP servers from VS Code and Claude needs to be adjusted respectively:
```diff
"github": {
- "command": "docker",
+ "command": "~/go/bin/github-mcp-server",
"args": [
- "run",
- "-i",
- "--rm",
- "-e",
- "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
- "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server"
+ "stdio"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:github_token} OR <YOUR_TOKEN>"
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Users shouldn't be hardcoding PATs in a config file.

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I just copied it from the Claude Desktop section. What should it be instead? 🤔 And should I also update it in the Claude Desktop section?

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Oh fair enough, vscode supports password inputs which prompts for input when the server is launched. Claude doesn't appear to have that feature.

}
}
```

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