This extension provides a Model Context Server for GitHub, designed specifically for use with the Zed AI assistant. It allows your Zed editor to gather contextual information from GitHub repositories to enhance AI assistant capabilities.
Before using the GitHub Context Server, you'll need to create a GitHub personal access token:
To connect the context server with your GitHub account, add your personal access token to Zed's settings.json file:
{
"context_servers": {
"github-context-server": {
"settings": {
"github_personal_access_token": "your_personal_access_token_here"
}
}
}
}
Replace your_personal_access_token_here with the actual token you generated on GitHub.
Once configured, the GitHub Context Server will automatically provide repository context to the Zed AI assistant when working with GitHub projects. The assistant will be able to reference repository information, making it more effective when answering code-related questions or providing suggestions within your GitHub-connected projects.
No additional commands are needed to activate the server - it will function automatically after proper configuration.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cursor-rules-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"cursor-rules-mcp"
]
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.