--- title: How to Actually Connect GitHub to Claude Code | daily.dev description: The official Anthropic GitHub plugin for Claude Code is currently broken. As a workaround, you can connect GitHub to Claude Code using the default MCP server... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-actually-connect-github-to-claude-code-o9f87pid8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Actually Connect GitHub to Claude Code | daily.dev og:description: The official Anthropic GitHub plugin for Claude Code is currently broken. As a workaround, you can connect GitHub to Claude Code using the default MCP server... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-actually-connect-github-to-claude-code-o9f87pid8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/o9f87PiD8.png og:image:alt: How to Actually Connect GitHub to Claude Code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Actually Connect GitHub to Claude Code **[Tech With Tim](https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The official Anthropic GitHub plugin for Claude Code is currently broken. As a workaround, you can connect GitHub to Claude Code using the default MCP server instead. 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