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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/installation-guides/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This directory contains detailed installation instructions for the GitHub MCP Se
- **[Copilot CLI](install-copilot-cli.md)** - Installation guide for GitHub Copilot CLI
- **[GitHub Copilot in other IDEs](install-other-copilot-ides.md)** - Installation for JetBrains, Visual Studio, Eclipse, and Xcode with GitHub Copilot
- **[Antigravity](install-antigravity.md)** - Installation for Google Antigravity IDE
- **[Claude Applications](install-claude.md)** - Installation guide for Claude Web, Claude Desktop and Claude Code CLI
- **[Claude Applications](install-claude.md)** - Installation guide for Claude Desktop and Claude Code CLI
- **[Cline](install-cline.md)** - Installation guide for Cline
- **[Cursor](install-cursor.md)** - Installation guide for Cursor IDE
- **[Google Gemini CLI](install-gemini-cli.md)** - Installation guide for Google Gemini CLI
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions docs/installation-guides/install-claude.md
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Expand Up @@ -37,9 +37,17 @@ echo -e ".env\n.mcp.json" >> .gitignore
claude mcp add-json github '{"type":"http","url":"https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp","headers":{"Authorization":"Bearer YOUR_GITHUB_PAT"}}'
```

With an environment variable:
With an environment variable (Linux/macOS):
```bash
claude mcp add-json github '{"type":"http","url":"https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp","headers":{"Authorization":"Bearer '"$(grep GITHUB_PAT .env | cut -d '=' -f2)"'"}}'
export GITHUB_PAT="$(grep '^GITHUB_PAT=' .env | cut -d '=' -f2-)"
claude mcp add-json github '{"type":"http","url":"https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp","headers":{"Authorization":"Bearer '"$GITHUB_PAT"'"}}'
```

With an environment variable (Windows PowerShell):
```powershell
$githubPatLine = Get-Content .env | Select-String "^\s*GITHUB_PAT\s*=" | Select-Object -First 1
$env:GITHUB_PAT = ($githubPatLine.Line -split "=", 2)[1].Trim().Trim('"').Trim("'")
claude mcp add-json github "{`"type`":`"http`",`"url`":`"https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp`",`"headers`":{`"Authorization`":`"Bearer $env:GITHUB_PAT`"}}"
```

> **About the `--scope` flag** (optional): Use this to specify where the configuration is stored:
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