GitHub launches MCP Registry to streamline AI tool discovery

GitHub has introduced the GitHub MCP Registry, a central platform enabling developers to discover and build with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers more efficiently.

The launch brings together a curated set of MCP servers from partners such as Figma, Postman, HashiCorp, and Dynatrace, aiming to provide a single, reliable environment where developers can find suitable tools directly integrated with GitHub workflows.

MCP explained

MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is designed to facilitate communication between AI agents and development tools in a composable and extensible manner. The protocol allows agents to access context, interact with external environments, and integrate into existing systems, supporting more sophisticated and connected workflows for software development teams.

The new MCP Registry is intended to address the challenges experienced by developers and MCP server creators, including the current fragmentation of available servers across various registries and repositories, as well as concerns regarding discovery, security, and interoperability.

"If you've tried connecting AI agents to your development tools, you know the pain: MCP servers scattered across numerous registries, random repos, buried in community threads - making discovery slow and full of friction without a central place to go," said Toby Padilla, Principal Product Manager at GitHub. "Meanwhile, MCP server creators are worn out from publishing to multiple places and answering the same setup questions again and again. The result is a fractured environment that's fraught with potential security risks. "Today, we're taking the first step toward solving this challenge. The GitHub MCP Registry launches as a new home base for discovering MCP servers. Whether you're building with GitHub Copilot, agents, or any AI tool that speaks MCP, this is the place to find what you need," Padilla added.

The MCP Registry is structured to ensure discoverability within development environments such as VS Code with one-click installation functions. The platform also prioritises clarity for users through sorting servers by GitHub community activity and star ratings, enabling informed selection of tools that best fit into developers' workflows.

Partner support and use cases

The introduction of the registry is supported by integration with launch partners leveraging the platform to improve software development efficiency and connectivity.

"With the launch of GitHub's MCP Registry, developers can easily bring Figma context into Copilot through our Dev Mode MCP server, accelerating their design-to-code workflow by generating code that's both production-ready and aligned with their design system," said Anna Kohnen, VP of Business Development, Figma.

"At Postman, we see MCP as a foundational layer of the AI agents stack and a vital part of building AI-ready APIs. The GitHub MCP Registry helps developers access the entire Postman platform from inside their coding assistants, further bridging the gap between code, documentation, and execution in a way that wasn't possible before," said Bajali Raghavan, Head of Engineering, Postman.

"Terraform empowers developers with consistent infrastructure management. With the launch of GitHub's MCP Registry, they can now easily discover official MCP servers, such as HashiCorp's Terraform MCP server, and add them to their workflows with a single click - making it faster than ever to bring Terraform's capabilities into day-to-day development," said Chris Audie, SVP Product Management, HashiCorp.

"By bringing the Dynatrace MCP server to the GitHub MCP Registry, developers get AI-powered observability, security, and performance insights right at their fingertips - so teams can deliver faster, more resilient, and more robust software with less context switching and reduced cognitive load. We've seen rapid adoption across our own engineering organization because the integrated agentic AI experience helps our developers to ship faster and with more confidence - all without leaving their IDEs," said Bonifaz Kaufmann, VP Product, Dynatrace.

As part of the registry, GitHub is also incorporating its Remote GitHub MCP Server, which recently became generally available. This feature allows agents to connect with content from GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests, supporting more advanced, multi-step workflows across development teams.

Open ecosystem and next steps

GitHub has signalled its intention to promote a more open and collaborative development ecosystem by coordinating with Anthropic and the MCP Steering Committee to create an open-source MCP registry. This effort is expected to enable developers to self-publish MCP servers to the OSS MCP Community Registry, with those entries automatically appearing in the GitHub MCP Registry to ensure wider and more seamless discovery of resources.

The implementation is designed to reduce redundancy across multiple registries, provide transparent information and verification signals, and foster broader contribution within the ecosystem.

GitHub, in partnership with the open source community, is working towards making MCP server discovery as direct as searching on the GitHub platform itself, positioning the MCP Registry as an integral part of developers' integration workflows.