Automate Your GitHub Workflow with the GitHub MCP Server

James demonstrates how the GitHub MCP Server connects GitHub Copilot to GitHub workflows inside VS Code, enabling natural-language issue management, pull request creation, and code review without switching tools.

Overview

The video shows how the GitHub MCP Server can give GitHub Copilot access to common GitHub workflow tasks directly from VS Code using natural language.

Covered tasks include:

• Managing and updating issues
• Prioritizing work
• Opening pull requests
• Reviewing code
• Automating everyday GitHub tasks without leaving the editor

Chapters

• 00:00 Increase productivity and reduce stress with GitHub MCP Server with Copilot in VS Code
• 00:25 What is a MCP Server
• 02:18 Getting started - install GitHub MCP server
• 03:50 Demo
• 09:35 What we've done so far
• 10:08 Demo continues
• 11:53 Key takeaways
• 13:02 Recap
• 13:40 Wrap

Featured guest

• Matt Soucoup (@codemillmatt)