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
Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/github-notifications-mcp-server.git
cd github-notifications-mcp-server
Install dependencies
npm install
Build the project
npm run build
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