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DimensionPerfetto MCP ServerTurn natural language into powerful Perfetto trace analysisGitHub MCP ServerGitHub's official MCP server for managing repos, issues, PRs, and workflows via natural language
FMRS63 / 100 · C76 / 100 · B
Reliability8 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions14 / 2014 / 20
Maintenance12 / 2018 / 20
Documentation15 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2014 / 20
Best for
  • Android developers analyzing Perfetto traces
  • Engineers who want jank, ANR, contention, and memory analysis without writing SQL
  • Clients supporting stdio MCP such as Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, and Codex
  • 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
  • Users who do not analyze Perfetto traces
  • Scenarios where an absolute trace_path and process_name cannot be provided
  • Environments that cannot run Python MCP servers via uvx or pip
  • 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
  • Needs read access to local Perfetto trace files (absolute path passed as trace_path)
  • May download trace_processor_shell on first run (or use a local binary via PERFETTO_MCP_TRACE_PROCESSOR_BIN_PATH)
  • 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
  • Traces contain application and system runtime details; sharing them may expose sensitive information
  • Default behavior may download an external binary; restricted networks should configure a local path
  • Queries are generated by an LLM and results should be verified
  • 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 clientsCursor, Claude Code, VS Code, CodexClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Zed, Amp
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