{
  "$schema": "https://public-agents.com/schemas/tool.schema.json",
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "slug": "github",
  "name": "GitHub",
  "kind": "service",
  "status": "active",
  "summary": "Code hosting with pull requests, issues, Actions and the Copilot agents: Copilot code review, which reviews a pull request's full changeset and comments on the lines that need attention, and Copilot cloud agent, which takes a task from an issue or a prompt, makes the changes in its own GitHub Actions environment and opens a pull request. For agents, the vendor publishes a remote GitHub MCP server over repositories, issues, pull requests, Actions and code security, and the Copilot tools; it authenticates by OAuth or a personal access token, measured 401 without one.",
  "vendor": {
    "name": "GitHub, Inc.",
    "url": "https://github.com/",
    "kind": "organization"
  },
  "pricing": "freemium",
  "agentAccess": {
    "noAccountNeeded": false,
    "auth": "oauth",
    "notes": "Measured 2026-09-11 23:37Z, no credentials: MCP initialize at api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ answers 401 with a Bearer challenge naming its protected-resource metadata. Vendor: OAuth on first use, or a personal access token; a GitHub App for non-interactive use. Copilot tools need a Copilot license."
  },
  "surfaces": {
    "homepage": "https://github.com/",
    "docs": "https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/context/use-mcp/use-the-github-mcp-server",
    "llmsTxt": "https://docs.github.com/llms.txt",
    "mcp": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/",
    "source": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server"
  },
  "social": {
    "github": "github",
    "x": "github"
  },
  "domains": [
    "github.com",
    "docs.github.com",
    "api.githubcopilot.com"
  ],
  "maintainers": [],
  "provenance": "third-party",
  "jobs": [
    {
      "job": "eng.review-pull-requests",
      "summary": "Copilot code review, the vendor's words: \"Reviews the full changeset across files to flag bugs, security risks, and style issues\" and \"comments directly on the lines that need attention\"; a \"first-pass\" review. In the product, on request or on every pull request; needs a Copilot plan. Not measured.",
      "source": "https://github.com/features/copilot/code-review"
    },
    {
      "job": "eng.implement-scoped-changes",
      "summary": "Copilot cloud agent, the vendor's words: it can \"make code changes on a branch, and optionally open a pull request\", in \"its own ephemeral development environment, powered by GitHub Actions\", where it runs \"automated tests and linters\". Copilot Pro and up. Not measured.",
      "source": "https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/cloud-agent/about-cloud-agent"
    }
  ],
  "created": "2026-09-11",
  "updated": "2026-09-12",
  "version": 1
}