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03 Aug, 2026 • 132 words • 1 min

Previously.

I’ve finally removed the GitHub MCP server from my Piconfiguration, after piloting it for a while with pi-mcp-adapter.

GitHub already has a mature CLI (`gh`) installed and authenticated:

% gh --version
gh version 2.97.0 (2026-07-31)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0
% gh auth status
github.com
  ✓ Logged in to github.com account thiagowfx (keyring)
  - Active account: true
  - Git operations protocol: ssh

`gh` handles pull requests, issues, workflows, and releases directly. Anything else remains available through `gh api`, including GraphQL. The MCP server added another interface without adding capability.

{
   "mcpServers": {
   "github": {
     "auth": "bearer",
     "bearerToken": "!gh auth token",
     "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp"
   },
     "slack-mcp": {

MCP remains useful for APIs without a better (or any) CLI, but it should be avoided wherever possible.

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