Provide a clear description of the bug
Whatever I try to run @modelcontextprotocol/server-github via npx or env, or docker image, I cannot have it working from cursor IDE
Using ‘env’
"mcp-github": {
"command": "env",
"args": [
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=...",
"npx",
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"
]
}
Using ‘npx’
"mcp-github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "..."
}
}
Using ‘docker’
"mcp-github": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"mcp/github"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "..."
}
}
I’m getting the following error:
Inspector config to test it as proxy, does not seems to work either.
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-github -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=...
Explain how to reproduce the bug (if known)
I generated a token from github:
Use the same config from cursor or claude_desktop, but cursor is not working.
Claude:
"mcp-github": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"mcp/github"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "..."
}
}
Inspector (partially works):
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-github -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=...
Tell us your operating system and your Cursor version (e.g., Windows, 0.x.x).
Version: 0.48.7 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 1d623c4cc1d3bb6e0fe4f1d5434b47b958b05870
Date: 2025-04-02T04:51:59.792Z (2 days ago)
Electron: 34.3.4
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.18.3
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0
Tell us if the issue stops you from using Cursor.
No but as I try to use the maximum of it, its enoying !