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GitHub MCP server

Repos, commits, contributors, issues and releases for Claude or Cursor, with no GitHub token to manage.

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scrapersocial-github mcp.scrapersocial.com/githubconnected
you

Get the GitHub profile for <username> and tell me what they mainly work on.

agent
calls get_profile 1 credit / profile
{ "handle": "<handle>" }
server
returns
followers number subscribers number bio string
Shape only. Keys follow the tool's summary; a real call returns the full record. 1 call · 1 credit

Connect

One URL. Your client already knows what to do with it.

The first call opens a sign-in. New accounts get 100 credits, no card. Every client below shares one account and one balance.

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server url https://mcp.scrapersocial.com/github
claude.aiOAuth

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste the server URL.

mcp.scrapersocial.com/github

Web, desktop and mobile. Nothing else to paste.

Claude Codeone command

Run this in a terminal.

$ claude mcp add --transport http scrapersocial-github https://mcp.scrapersocial.com/github

Approve the sign-in prompt on first use.

Cursorone click

Installs the server and opens the MCP panel.

Add to Cursor
or paste the JSON into .cursor/mcp.json
{ "mcpServers": { "scrapersocial-github": { "url": "https://mcp.scrapersocial.com/github", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_..." } } } }
Other clients · VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, anything that speaks MCP
VS Codeone click or JSON
Add to VS Codeor run MCP: Add Server, choose HTTP and use:
{ "name": "scrapersocial-github", "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.scrapersocial.com/github" }
Windsurf~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{ "mcpServers": { "scrapersocial-github": { "serverUrl": "https://mcp.scrapersocial.com/github", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_..." } } } }
Gemini CLI~/.gemini/settings.json
{ "mcpServers": { "scrapersocial-github": { "httpUrl": "https://mcp.scrapersocial.com/github", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_..." } } } }
Any clientStreamable HTTP · OAuth 2.1 or Bearer
$ npx add-mcp https://mcp.scrapersocial.com/github

One account and one balance across every client and the every-platform hub at mcp.scrapersocial.com.

What it does

What your agent can do with GitHub

You already know GitHub has its own API, and that it’s free. So the honest pitch for this server is narrower than “get GitHub data”: it is for the agent that already talks to ScraperSocial for other sources and wants repositories in the same shape, through the same connection, without a personal access token sitting in a config file.

Point Claude or Cursor at https://mcp.scrapersocial.com/github and it gets four tools. get_profile returns a user or organisation record for 1 credit. get_trending returns recently created repositories ranked by stars and narrowed by a term you pass, 1 credit per repo. list_endpoints is free and shows the other nine paths, and call_endpoint runs any of them: /v1/github/repo for one repository; /v1/github/repo-commits, /v1/github/repo-issues, /v1/github/repo-releases, /v1/github/repo-contributors and /v1/github/repo-languages for its parts; /v1/github/user-repos and /v1/github/org-repos for an account’s list; and /v1/github/repo-search for keyword discovery.

Handles are plain: an owner name for profiles, owner/repo for everything repository-shaped. Every GitHub endpoint costs 1 credit per call or per item, which makes this the cheapest platform on the service and a sensible place to test a new key. Public repositories only; nothing here reads a private repo or writes anything back.

Four jobs it finishes on its own

01

Dependency due diligence

Before adding a library, ask for its latest release, open issues and recent commits in one conversation. The agent calls /v1/github/repo, then /v1/github/repo-releases and /v1/github/repo-issues, and you read a summary instead of three browser tabs.

02

Drafting release notes

Pull the commits since the last tag and let the model group them by area. /v1/github/repo-commits is 1 credit per commit, so a fifty-commit window costs 50 credits and fits in a single call.

03

Maintainer and contributor research

/v1/github/repo-contributors lists who actually ships code; get_profile fills in each account's bio and public totals. Useful for hiring research, or for finding out whether a project depends on one person.

04

A weekly new-repos digest

get_trending returns repositories created in the past month with the most stars, filtered by your keyword. A digest covering one topic costs a handful of credits and can run from a scheduled prompt.

Limits · read before you connect

What this does not do

Written by a person, not generated. If something here is wrong, tell us.

Public repositories and public profiles only. There is no sign-in to GitHub on your behalf, so private repos, notifications and anything behind an organisation’s SSO stay out of reach, and nothing writes: no issues opened, no comments, no stars. Searching inside file contents isn’t offered; /v1/github/repo-search matches repositories by keyword, not code. The trending list is derived rather than GitHub’s own page: repositories created in the last 30 days, ranked by stars, narrowed by your term, so rankings turn over daily. A list call hands back 20 items unless you ask for more, and 50 is the ceiling per request; beyond that, feed meta.next_cursor into the following call. Every successful call costs at least 1 credit, even when a query matches nothing.

Tools

4 tools, same names as the every-platform hub

Two do one GitHub thing each. The last two reach all 11 endpoints by path, so nothing in the catalog is out of an agent's reach.

Full credit table →

Get an account profile

get_profile

Profile, page or channel record for a public account: follower and subscriber counts, bio, and totals.

1 credit / profile

Get what is trending

get_trending

What is currently trending or rising on a platform.

1 credit / repo
Reaches the other 9 endpoints

List every GitHub endpoint

list_endpoints

Browse every GitHub endpoint, its input and its credit cost. Free, and calls nothing upstream.

free

Call any GitHub endpoint by path

call_endpoint

Run any GitHub endpoint by its path, so nothing GitHub offers is out of reach of an agent.

endpoint's own cost

Pricing

100 free credits is 100 profile reads.

Then $5 a month for 1,000 credits, or $4 per 1,000 as a top-up. No card to start. Every call costs 1 credit.

100 profile readsget_profile · 1 each
Get a free key 100 credits on signup · $5 for 1,000 · full credit table

Prompts

Things to ask once it is connected

Copy one, swap the placeholder, paste it into your client.

Summarise the health of <owner>/<repo>: last release, open issues, and who the top contributors are.

Pull the 30 most recent commits on <owner>/<repo> and draft release notes grouped by area.

What languages does <owner>/<repo> use, and roughly what share is each?

List the public repositories under the <org> organisation with their star counts.

Show me recently created repositories about <topic> with the most stars.

Get the GitHub profile for <username> and tell me what they mainly work on.

Questions

Before you connect

Why go through ScraperSocial when GitHub's API is free? #

If GitHub is your only source, don't; their API is free, richer and supports writes. This server earns its place when an agent already uses the hub for other platforms and you'd rather have one connection, one credit meter and one response envelope than a separate token and client just for GitHub.

What does a typical GitHub call cost? #

1 credit for a profile or repo record, and 1 credit per item on list endpoints such as commits or issues. A new account starts with 100 free credits; after that the $5 monthly plan carries 1,000.

How do I pass a repository? #

As a handle in owner/repo form, in the handle field of call_endpoint. Profile endpoints take the owner name alone. Case doesn't matter; the server lowercases it so cache entries merge.

Is get_trending the same as the trending page on github.com? #

No. GitHub doesn't publish a trending API, so get_trending ranks repositories created in the last 30 days by stars and filters them by your term. Expect the list to differ from the website.

Is this an official GitHub product? #

No. ScraperSocial runs independently of GitHub and Microsoft, has no affiliation with either, and reads public data only.