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
Control repository notification settings (all activity, default, or mute)

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
`manage-repo-subscription`	Manage repository subscriptions: all_activity, default (participating and @mentions), or ignore (mute)

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."
"Watch all activity on the octocat/Hello-World repository."
"Set the octocat/Hello-World repository to default settings (participating and @mentions)."
"Check my notification settings for the octocat/Hello-World repository."
"Mute all notifications from the octocat/Hello-World repository."

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

GitHub Notifications MCP Server