Build a GitHub MCP Server in 60 Seconds

Want Claude to create issues, review PRs, and search your repos? Build a GitHub MCP server. It takes one minute on IOX Cloud.

What you'll get

An MCP server with these tools:

• create_issue — file issues with title, body, labels
• list_prs — fetch open PRs with filters
• search_repos — find repos by query
• get_file — read file contents from a repo
• comment_on_pr — add review comments

Step 1: Get a GitHub token

Go to github.com/settings/tokens and create a fine-grained personal access token with:

• Contents: Read
• Issues: Read & Write
• Pull requests: Read & Write
• Metadata: Read

Step 2: Create the MCP server

Sign in to iox.cloud, create a project, describe it:

Step 3: Add your token

In project Settings → Environment Variables:

Step 4: Deploy & Connect

Click Deploy. Copy the URL. Add to Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": { "url": "https://my-github.iox.cloud/mcp" }
  }
}

Now ask Claude

• "Create a bug report in myorg/myrepo about the login error"
• "What PRs are open in myorg/backend?"
• "Show me the contents of src/auth.ts in that repo"
• "Comment on PR #42 saying the tests look good"

Claude reads your request, picks the right tool, and does it.

Why IOX?

• AI writes the code — you don't touch the GitHub API docs
• Instant deploy — no Docker, no wrangler, no YAML
• Scale to zero — $0 when idle
• Your token, your data — encrypted, isolated per tenant