GitHub Notifications MCP Server: Automates Noise, Quiets Chaos

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

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

Tool Name	Description
list-notifications	List all GitHub notifications for the authenticated user
mark-notifications-read	Mark all notifications as read
get-thread	Get information about a notification thread
mark-thread-read	Mark a specific thread as read
mark-thread-done	Mark a thread as done
get-thread-subscription	Get subscription status for a thread
set-thread-subscription	Subscribe to a thread
delete-thread-subscription	Unsubscribe from a thread
list-repo-notifications	List notifications for a specific repository
mark-repo-notifications-read	Mark notifications for a repository as read

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."

Development

URL Handling

This server automatically converts GitHub API URLs to their corresponding web UI URLs. For example:

• API URL: https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/pulls/57557
• Converted to: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/57557

The conversion handles:

• Domain conversion from api.github.com/repos to github.com
• Path correction for pull requests (changing pulls to pull)
• Preservation of additional path segments

Project Structure

github-notifications-mcp-server/
├── src/                    # Source code
│   ├── tools/              # Tool implementations
│   ├── types/              # Type definitions
│   ├── utils/              # Utility functions
│   ├── index.ts            # Entry point
│   └── server.ts           # Server configuration
├── build/                  # Compiled JavaScript
├── .env                    # Environment variables
├── package.json            # Dependencies
├── tsconfig.json           # TypeScript configuration
└── README.md               # Documentation

Building

npm run build

Testing

Run the automated tests:

npm test

Test URL conversion manually:

npm run test:url

License

MIT