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DimensionAsk LLM Claude MCP ServerRead-only Claude second opinions for non-Claude MCP clients via Claude Code CLIGitHub MCP ServerGitHub's official MCP server for managing repos, issues, PRs, and workflows via natural language
FMRS62 / 100 · C76 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions13 / 2014 / 20
Maintenance13 / 2018 / 20
Documentation14 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2014 / 20
Best for
  • Developers whose primary assistant is Codex, Cursor, or another non-Claude client and who want an independent Claude opinion
  • Read-only, auditable code-review flows (Read/Glob/Grep access only)
  • Users who want to keep context in one session and ask follow-up questions
  • Teams that want an AI assistant to directly operate on GitHub repos and collaboration workflows
  • Users already in the GitHub Copilot ecosystem who want a zero-deployment remote option
Not for
  • Scenarios where Claude must edit or write to the codebase
  • Users who want one registration covering all providers (Codex, Grok, Gemini, and so on) — use the unified @ask-llm/mcp package from the same repository
  • Users unwilling to install and authenticate the Claude Code CLI
  • Teams needing official Anthropic support or enterprise guarantees
  • Scenarios where you don't want the assistant to have write access to repos (enable only read-only toolsets)
  • Environments with strict network isolation for private repos that can't reach the official remote endpoint
Required permissions
  • Runs locally over stdio and invokes the installed, authenticated Claude Code CLI as a subprocess
  • Read-only workspace access limited to Read, Glob, and Grep
  • Reads the configured environment variables (model alias, fallback model, timeout, log level)
  • Sends prompts and relevant file contents to Claude
  • A personal access token (PAT) or OAuth App token; effective scope depends on the token's own permissions
  • Enabling toolsets like actions/issues/pull_requests grants write access — request tokens on a least-privilege basis
Risks and side effects
  • Prompts and file contents leave the machine and are processed by Claude, so sensitive code or secrets need care
  • Automatically invokes the Claude Code CLI, which may consume subscription or API quota
  • The default opus model falls back to sonnet when overloaded, so results may come from a different model than expected
  • Third-party, unofficial project with no affiliation with or endorsement by Anthropic
  • Version 0.0.1, so interfaces and behavior may change
  • get-usage-stats is in-memory only; stats are lost when the process restarts
  • Write toolsets (creating/merging PRs, triggering workflows) can cause accidental changes if the token is overscoped — try a read-only toolset first
  • In hosted mode, credentials travel via the Authorization header — make sure the client-to-api.githubcopilot.com connection is trusted
Supported clientsClaude Code, Codex, Cursor, Claude DesktopClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Zed, Amp
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