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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ To keep your GitHub PAT secure and reusable across different MCP hosts:

```bash
# CLI usage
claude mcp add github -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$GITHUB_PAT -- docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server
export GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN="$GITHUB_PAT"
claude mcp add github -- docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server

# In config files (where supported)
"env": {
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions docs/installation-guides/install-claude.md
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Expand Up @@ -67,20 +67,21 @@ claude mcp add-json github "{`"type`":`"http`",`"url`":`"https://api.githubcopil
Log in with OAuth instead of a token. On github.com the official image already includes the app credentials, so you provide none yourself — the server opens a browser login on first use and keeps the token in memory only. In Docker, publish a fixed callback port to loopback. Run the following command in the terminal (not in Claude Code CLI):

```bash
claude mcp add github -e GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT=8085 -- docker run -i --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8085:8085 -e GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server
claude mcp add github -- docker run -i --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8085:8085 -e GITHUB_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT=8085 ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server
```

See **[Local Server OAuth Login](../oauth-login.md)** for the native-binary flow (no fixed port), headless/device-code fallback, GitHub Enterprise, and bringing your own OAuth or GitHub App.

To authenticate with a Personal Access Token instead (it takes precedence over OAuth):
1. Run the following command in the terminal (not in Claude Code CLI):
```bash
claude mcp add github -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=YOUR_GITHUB_PAT -- docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server
claude mcp add github -- docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=YOUR_GITHUB_PAT ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server
```

With an environment variable:
```bash
claude mcp add github -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(grep GITHUB_PAT .env | cut -d '=' -f2) -- docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server
export GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN="$(grep '^GITHUB_PAT=' .env | cut -d '=' -f2-)"
claude mcp add github -- docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server
```
2. Restart Claude Code
3. Run `claude mcp list` to see if the GitHub server is configured
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