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Thiago Perrotta<br>thiagowfxserendipity@perrotta.dev

pi: remove redundant github MCP

03 Aug, 2026

• 132 words • 1 min

Previously.

I&rsquo;ve finally removed the GitHub MCP server from my Pi<br>configuration, after piloting it for a while with pi-mcp-adapter.

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

shell

% gh --version<br>gh version 2.97.0 (2026-07-31)<br>https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0

% gh auth status<br>github.com<br>✓ Logged in to github.com account thiagowfx (keyring)<br>- Active account: true<br>- Git operations protocol: ssh

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

diff

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

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

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