From c04f40df28517b79e420735d3cb66a564d2d1421 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:44:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/30] Add publish script and formed server file

---
 .gitignore                |  6 ++-
 script/publish-mcp-server | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 server.json               | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 script/publish-mcp-server
 create mode 100644 server.json

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9cf7e3821..2c302ce27 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ bin/
 .DS_Store
 
 # binary
-github-mcp-server
\ No newline at end of file
+github-mcp-server
+
+# Registry credentials - Created on publish
+.mcpregistry_github_token
+.mcpregistry_registry_token
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/publish-mcp-server b/script/publish-mcp-server
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8936e0fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/publish-mcp-server
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Publish MCP Server to Registry
+# Usage: ./script/publish-mcp-server [--init] [--validate] [--dry-run]
+
+set -e
+
+# Options
+INIT=false
+## Always validate server.json and version
+DRY_RUN=false
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case $arg in
+    --init)
+      INIT=true
+      ;;
+    # --validate flag removed; validation always runs
+    --dry-run)
+      DRY_RUN=true
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Step 1: Ensure mcp-publisher is installed
+if ! command -v mcp-publisher &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "mcp-publisher not found. Installing with Homebrew..."
+  if command -v brew &> /dev/null; then
+    brew install mcp-publisher
+  else
+    echo "Homebrew not found. Please install mcp-publisher manually:"
+    echo "curl -L \"https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/download/v1.0.0/mcp-publisher_1.0.0_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz\" | tar xz mcp-publisher && sudo mv mcp-publisher /usr/local/bin/"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Step 2: Initialize server.json if requested
+if [ "$INIT" = true ]; then
+  echo "Initializing server.json..."
+  mcp-publisher init
+fi
+
+# Step 3: Authenticate (GitHub for io.github.*)
+if ! mcp-publisher whoami &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Authenticating with MCP registry (GitHub)..."
+  mcp-publisher login github
+fi
+
+# Step 4: Validate server.json schema
+echo "Validating server.json version against latest release tag..."
+# Get latest release tag
+LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-.*)?$' | head -n 1)
+if [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
+  echo "❌ No release tag found. Cannot set version."
+  exit 1
+fi
+TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
+# Set server.json version and all package versions to latest tag
+jq ".version = \"$TAG_VERSION\" | .packages[].version = \"$TAG_VERSION\"" server.json > server.json.tmp && mv server.json.tmp server.json
+echo "Set server.json version and all package versions to $TAG_VERSION (from latest release tag $LATEST_TAG)."
+# Show user and confirm
+echo "Please confirm this is the correct version to publish: $TAG_VERSION (latest tag: $LATEST_TAG)"
+read -p "Proceed with this version? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
+echo
+if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+  echo "Publish cancelled by user."
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "✅ Confirmed. Proceeding with publish."
+
+# Step 5: Publish
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
+  echo "DRY RUN: Skipping actual publish."
+else
+  echo "Publishing MCP server..."
+  mcp-publisher publish
+fi
+
+# Step 6: Verify publication
+SERVER_NAME=$(jq -r .name server.json)
+echo "Verifying server in registry..."
+curl -s "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=$SERVER_NAME" | jq
+
+echo "Done."
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2dcf4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.json
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-16/server.schema.json",
+  "name": "io.github.github/github-mcp-server",
+  "description": "The GitHub MCP Server lets AI tools manage code, issues, PRs, and workflows via natural language.",
+  "status": "active",
+  "repository": {
+    "url": "ssh://git@github.com/github/github-mcp-server",
+    "source": "github"
+  },
+  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "packages": [
+    {
+      "registryType": "oci",
+      "registryBaseUrl": "https://docker.io",
+      "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
+      "version": "0.15.0",
+      "runtimeHint": "docker",
+      "transport": {
+        "type": "stdio"
+      },
+      "runtimeArguments": [
+        {
+          "type": "positional",
+          "value": "run",
+          "description": "The runtime command to execute"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "named",
+          "name": "-i",
+          "description": "Run container in interactive mode"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "named",
+          "name": "--rm",
+          "description": "Automatically remove the container when it exits"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "named",
+          "name": "-e",
+          "description": "Set an environment variable in the runtime"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "positional",
+          "valueHint": "env_var_name",
+          "value": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
+          "description": "Environment variable name"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "positional",
+          "valueHint": "image_name",
+          "value": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
+          "description": "The container image to run"
+        }
+      ],
+      "environmentVariables": [
+        {
+          "description": "Your GitHub personal access token with appropriate scopes.",
+          "isRequired": true,
+          "format": "string",
+          "isSecret": true,
+          "name": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "remotes": [
+    {
+      "type": "streamable-http",
+      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
+    }
+  ]
+}

From b632d564ae014d31d2d2716ac711a61b3c61550d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:02:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 02/30] Fix url and fix script

---
 script/publish-mcp-server | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 server.json               |  6 ++--
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/script/publish-mcp-server b/script/publish-mcp-server
index 8936e0fa1..12cd44cf8 100644
--- a/script/publish-mcp-server
+++ b/script/publish-mcp-server
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Publish MCP Server to Registry
-# Usage: ./script/publish-mcp-server [--init] [--validate] [--dry-run]
+# Usage: ./script/publish-mcp-server [--init] [--dry-run]
 
 set -e
 
-# Options
+# Parse command line options
 INIT=false
-## Always validate server.json and version
 DRY_RUN=false
 
 for arg in "$@"; do
@@ -15,70 +14,79 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
     --init)
       INIT=true
       ;;
-    # --validate flag removed; validation always runs
     --dry-run)
       DRY_RUN=true
       ;;
   esac
 done
 
-# Step 1: Ensure mcp-publisher is installed
+echo "🚀 Publishing GitHub MCP Server to Registry"
+echo "============================================"
+
+# Step 1: Ensure mcp-publisher CLI is installed
+echo "📦 Checking mcp-publisher installation..."
 if ! command -v mcp-publisher &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "mcp-publisher not found. Installing with Homebrew..."
+  echo "Installing mcp-publisher with Homebrew..."
   if command -v brew &> /dev/null; then
     brew install mcp-publisher
   else
-    echo "Homebrew not found. Please install mcp-publisher manually:"
+    echo "❌ Homebrew not found. Please install mcp-publisher manually:"
     echo "curl -L \"https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/download/v1.0.0/mcp-publisher_1.0.0_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz\" | tar xz mcp-publisher && sudo mv mcp-publisher /usr/local/bin/"
     exit 1
   fi
 fi
+echo "✅ mcp-publisher is available"
 
-# Step 2: Initialize server.json if requested
-if [ "$INIT" = true ]; then
-  echo "Initializing server.json..."
-  mcp-publisher init
-fi
-
-# Step 3: Authenticate (GitHub for io.github.*)
+# Step 2: Authenticate with GitHub
+echo ""
+echo "🔐 Authenticating with MCP registry..."
 if ! mcp-publisher whoami &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "Authenticating with MCP registry (GitHub)..."
   mcp-publisher login github
 fi
+echo "✅ Authentication successful"
 
-# Step 4: Validate server.json schema
-echo "Validating server.json version against latest release tag..."
-# Get latest release tag
+# Step 3: Update version from latest git tag
+echo ""
+echo "🏷️  Updating server.json version..."
 LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-.*)?$' | head -n 1)
 if [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
-  echo "❌ No release tag found. Cannot set version."
+  echo "❌ No release tag found. Cannot determine version."
   exit 1
 fi
+
 TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
-# Set server.json version and all package versions to latest tag
 jq ".version = \"$TAG_VERSION\" | .packages[].version = \"$TAG_VERSION\"" server.json > server.json.tmp && mv server.json.tmp server.json
-echo "Set server.json version and all package versions to $TAG_VERSION (from latest release tag $LATEST_TAG)."
-# Show user and confirm
-echo "Please confirm this is the correct version to publish: $TAG_VERSION (latest tag: $LATEST_TAG)"
-read -p "Proceed with this version? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
+
+echo "✅ Updated server.json version to $TAG_VERSION (from git tag $LATEST_TAG)"
+
+# Step 4: User confirmation
+echo ""
+echo "📋 Version Summary:"
+echo "   Latest git tag: $LATEST_TAG"
+echo "   Server version: $TAG_VERSION"
+echo ""
+read -p "Proceed with publishing this version? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
 echo
 if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
-  echo "Publish cancelled by user."
+  echo "❌ Publish cancelled by user."
   exit 1
 fi
-echo "✅ Confirmed. Proceeding with publish."
 
-# Step 5: Publish
+# Step 5: Publish to registry
+echo ""
 if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
-  echo "DRY RUN: Skipping actual publish."
+  echo "🧪 DRY RUN: Skipping actual publish step"
 else
-  echo "Publishing MCP server..."
+  echo "📤 Publishing to MCP registry..."
   mcp-publisher publish
+  echo "✅ Successfully published!"
 fi
 
 # Step 6: Verify publication
+echo ""
+echo "🔍 Verifying server in registry..."
 SERVER_NAME=$(jq -r .name server.json)
-echo "Verifying server in registry..."
 curl -s "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=$SERVER_NAME" | jq
 
-echo "Done."
+echo ""
+echo "🎉 Done!"
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 8e2dcf4e2..fa2ecfa88 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-16/server.schema.json",
   "name": "io.github.github/github-mcp-server",
-  "description": "The GitHub MCP Server lets AI tools manage code, issues, PRs, and workflows via natural language.",
+  "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.",
   "status": "active",
   "repository": {
-    "url": "ssh://git@github.com/github/github-mcp-server",
+    "url": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server",
     "source": "github"
   },
   "version": "0.15.0",
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@
       "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
     }
   ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file

From 5802130fdac3052df63fab059affe20752851709 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:18:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/30] Set version to 0.0.0 initially

---
 server.json | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index fa2ecfa88..a5e6553ea 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "oci",
       "registryBaseUrl": "https://docker.io",
       "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
-      "version": "0.15.0",
+      "version": "0.0.0",
       "runtimeHint": "docker",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"

From dccbde3c6828c149acb2c8099badce712e973c6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:20:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/30] remove uncessary script

---
 script/publish-mcp-server | 92 ---------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 92 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 script/publish-mcp-server

diff --git a/script/publish-mcp-server b/script/publish-mcp-server
deleted file mode 100644
index 12cd44cf8..000000000
--- a/script/publish-mcp-server
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Publish MCP Server to Registry
-# Usage: ./script/publish-mcp-server [--init] [--dry-run]
-
-set -e
-
-# Parse command line options
-INIT=false
-DRY_RUN=false
-
-for arg in "$@"; do
-  case $arg in
-    --init)
-      INIT=true
-      ;;
-    --dry-run)
-      DRY_RUN=true
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-echo "🚀 Publishing GitHub MCP Server to Registry"
-echo "============================================"
-
-# Step 1: Ensure mcp-publisher CLI is installed
-echo "📦 Checking mcp-publisher installation..."
-if ! command -v mcp-publisher &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "Installing mcp-publisher with Homebrew..."
-  if command -v brew &> /dev/null; then
-    brew install mcp-publisher
-  else
-    echo "❌ Homebrew not found. Please install mcp-publisher manually:"
-    echo "curl -L \"https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/download/v1.0.0/mcp-publisher_1.0.0_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz\" | tar xz mcp-publisher && sudo mv mcp-publisher /usr/local/bin/"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-echo "✅ mcp-publisher is available"
-
-# Step 2: Authenticate with GitHub
-echo ""
-echo "🔐 Authenticating with MCP registry..."
-if ! mcp-publisher whoami &> /dev/null; then
-  mcp-publisher login github
-fi
-echo "✅ Authentication successful"
-
-# Step 3: Update version from latest git tag
-echo ""
-echo "🏷️  Updating server.json version..."
-LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-.*)?$' | head -n 1)
-if [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
-  echo "❌ No release tag found. Cannot determine version."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
-jq ".version = \"$TAG_VERSION\" | .packages[].version = \"$TAG_VERSION\"" server.json > server.json.tmp && mv server.json.tmp server.json
-
-echo "✅ Updated server.json version to $TAG_VERSION (from git tag $LATEST_TAG)"
-
-# Step 4: User confirmation
-echo ""
-echo "📋 Version Summary:"
-echo "   Latest git tag: $LATEST_TAG"
-echo "   Server version: $TAG_VERSION"
-echo ""
-read -p "Proceed with publishing this version? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
-echo
-if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
-  echo "❌ Publish cancelled by user."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Step 5: Publish to registry
-echo ""
-if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
-  echo "🧪 DRY RUN: Skipping actual publish step"
-else
-  echo "📤 Publishing to MCP registry..."
-  mcp-publisher publish
-  echo "✅ Successfully published!"
-fi
-
-# Step 6: Verify publication
-echo ""
-echo "🔍 Verifying server in registry..."
-SERVER_NAME=$(jq -r .name server.json)
-curl -s "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=$SERVER_NAME" | jq
-
-echo ""
-echo "🎉 Done!"

From c3c10cd719cd5b89129911c46772ee0dda6b0db9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:21:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 05/30] remove unnecessary ignore

---
 .gitignore | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c302ce27..37d70c48f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,3 @@ bin/
 
 # binary
 github-mcp-server
-
-# Registry credentials - Created on publish
-.mcpregistry_github_token
-.mcpregistry_registry_token
\ No newline at end of file

From e6bc1d70280c23e34c2bca5c8071e4a4f389621f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:23:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 06/30] Remove whitespace

---
 .gitignore | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37d70c48f..9cf7e3821 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ bin/
 .DS_Store
 
 # binary
-github-mcp-server
+github-mcp-server
\ No newline at end of file

From 22740ce369b36eae9001ad7c859ea23e392e943e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Babbage <42345137+MattBabbage@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:24:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/30] Apply suggestion from @Copilot

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 server.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index a5e6553ea..927650596 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "oci",
-      "registryBaseUrl": "https://docker.io",
+      "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
       "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
       "version": "0.0.0",
       "runtimeHint": "docker",

From 94a4937b8c69b37c8b362049ab0f5a32bdb884f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:01:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/30] Add registry publisher workflow

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c02f151d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Publish to MCP Registry
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ["v*"]  # Triggers on version tags like v1.0.0
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Allow manual triggering
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # Required for OIDC authentication
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Install jq
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
+
+      - name: Install MCP Publisher
+        run: |
+          curl -L "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/download/v1.0.0/mcp-publisher_1.0.0_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz" | tar xz mcp-publisher
+
+      - name: Update server.json version
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref_type }}" == "tag" ]]; then
+            # Use the tag that triggered the workflow
+            TAG_VERSION=$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | sed 's/^v//')
+            echo "Using triggered tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          else
+            # Fallback to latest tag (for manual triggers)
+            LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-.*)?$' | head -n 1)
+            if [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
+              echo "❌ No release tag found. Cannot determine version."
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
+            echo "Using latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
+          fi
+          jq ".version = \"$TAG_VERSION\" | .packages[].version = \"$TAG_VERSION\"" server.json > server.json.tmp && mv server.json.tmp server.json
+          echo "Updated server.json version to $TAG_VERSION"
+
+      - name: Login to MCP Registry
+        run: ./mcp-publisher login github-oidc
+
+      - name: Publish to MCP Registry
+        run: ./mcp-publisher publish
\ No newline at end of file

From 1ce328113121638f37bb118680c48c5b23c2c67d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:09:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/30] Fetch tags in registry release workflow

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 0c02f151d..47c435cea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - name: Fetch tags
+        run: git fetch --tags
+
       - name: Install jq
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
 

From 842fc6fb73a33ed25b648f465d80c9c6a467221f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:17:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/30] Update registry workflow and server.json with VERSION
 placeholder

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 5 +----
 server.json                             | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 47c435cea..e41d96bea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch tags
         run: git fetch --tags
 
-      - name: Install jq
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
-
       - name: Install MCP Publisher
         run: |
           curl -L "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/download/v1.0.0/mcp-publisher_1.0.0_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz" | tar xz mcp-publisher
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
             TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
             echo "Using latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
           fi
-          jq ".version = \"$TAG_VERSION\" | .packages[].version = \"$TAG_VERSION\"" server.json > server.json.tmp && mv server.json.tmp server.json
+          sed -i "s/\${VERSION}/$TAG_VERSION/g" server.json
           echo "Updated server.json version to $TAG_VERSION"
 
       - name: Login to MCP Registry
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 927650596..2ba4d3a81 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "${VERSION}",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "oci",
       "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
       "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
-      "version": "0.0.0",
+      "version": "${VERSION}",
       "runtimeHint": "docker",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"

From 0f6993ca9221a7456600685b55dd8830bbb729d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:06:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 11/30] Add print for final version of server

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index e41d96bea..79b64eef2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ jobs:
           sed -i "s/\${VERSION}/$TAG_VERSION/g" server.json
           echo "Updated server.json version to $TAG_VERSION"
 
+      - name: Display updated server.json
+        run: |
+          echo "Final server.json contents:"
+          cat server.json
+
       - name: Login to MCP Registry
         run: ./mcp-publisher login github-oidc
 

From 759c59e041e9ee68e0a2f0b7b4546c7eea8959ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:19:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 12/30] Adding debugging

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 12 ++++++++++--
 server.json                             |  1 -
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 79b64eef2..c256a91d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -46,9 +46,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Final server.json contents:"
           cat server.json
+          echo ""
+          echo "JSON validation check:"
+          python3 -m json.tool server.json > /dev/null && echo "✅ Valid JSON" || echo "❌ Invalid JSON"
 
       - name: Login to MCP Registry
         run: ./mcp-publisher login github-oidc
 
-      - name: Publish to MCP Registry
-        run: ./mcp-publisher publish
\ No newline at end of file
+      - name: Publish to MCP Registry (with verbose output)
+        run: |
+          echo "Publishing with verbose output..."
+          ./mcp-publisher publish --verbose || true
+          echo ""
+          echo "Checking if mcp-publisher has other flags..."
+          ./mcp-publisher publish --help || true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 2ba4d3a81..92a2a53c8 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
       "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
       "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
       "version": "${VERSION}",
-      "runtimeHint": "docker",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       },

From 833ed2b91256cd973c5c08be59076b2b6460af9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:24:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 13/30] Move to snake_case to test bug

---
 server.json | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 92a2a53c8..f86c7b6fe 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
   "version": "${VERSION}",
   "packages": [
     {
-      "registryType": "oci",
-      "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
+      "registry_type": "oci",
+      "registry_base_url": "https://ghcr.io",
       "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
       "version": "${VERSION}",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       },
-      "runtimeArguments": [
+      "runtime_arguments": [
         {
           "type": "positional",
           "value": "run",
@@ -40,23 +40,23 @@
         },
         {
           "type": "positional",
-          "valueHint": "env_var_name",
+          "value_hint": "env_var_name",
           "value": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
           "description": "Environment variable name"
         },
         {
           "type": "positional",
-          "valueHint": "image_name",
+          "value_hint": "image_name",
           "value": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
           "description": "The container image to run"
         }
       ],
-      "environmentVariables": [
+      "environment_variables": [
         {
           "description": "Your GitHub personal access token with appropriate scopes.",
-          "isRequired": true,
+          "is_required": true,
           "format": "string",
-          "isSecret": true,
+          "is_secret": true,
           "name": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
         }
       ]

From d75cb2c5beab5fea15c3a0948387c22f6efbd0d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:29:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 14/30] Adding Both Cases

---
 server.json | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index f86c7b6fe..a2d7f355a 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-16/server.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2024-11-05/server.schema.json",
   "name": "io.github.github/github-mcp-server",
   "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.",
   "status": "active",
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@
   "version": "${VERSION}",
   "packages": [
     {
+      "registryType": "oci",
       "registry_type": "oci",
-      "registry_base_url": "https://ghcr.io",
+      "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
       "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
       "version": "${VERSION}",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       },
-      "runtime_arguments": [
+      "runtimeArguments": [
         {
           "type": "positional",
           "value": "run",
@@ -40,23 +41,23 @@
         },
         {
           "type": "positional",
-          "value_hint": "env_var_name",
+          "valueHint": "env_var_name",
           "value": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
           "description": "Environment variable name"
         },
         {
           "type": "positional",
-          "value_hint": "image_name",
+          "valueHint": "image_name",
           "value": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
           "description": "The container image to run"
         }
       ],
-      "environment_variables": [
+      "environmentVariables": [
         {
           "description": "Your GitHub personal access token with appropriate scopes.",
-          "is_required": true,
+          "isRequired": true,
           "format": "string",
-          "is_secret": true,
+          "isSecret": true,
           "name": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
         }
       ]

From 7d11436518e387dfa032f2680cdcabb3d5019b7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:31:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 15/30] Remote only publishing

---
 server.json | 55 -----------------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 55 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index a2d7f355a..bc3ebc429 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -8,61 +8,6 @@
     "source": "github"
   },
   "version": "${VERSION}",
-  "packages": [
-    {
-      "registryType": "oci",
-      "registry_type": "oci",
-      "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
-      "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
-      "version": "${VERSION}",
-      "transport": {
-        "type": "stdio"
-      },
-      "runtimeArguments": [
-        {
-          "type": "positional",
-          "value": "run",
-          "description": "The runtime command to execute"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "named",
-          "name": "-i",
-          "description": "Run container in interactive mode"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "named",
-          "name": "--rm",
-          "description": "Automatically remove the container when it exits"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "named",
-          "name": "-e",
-          "description": "Set an environment variable in the runtime"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "positional",
-          "valueHint": "env_var_name",
-          "value": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
-          "description": "Environment variable name"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "positional",
-          "valueHint": "image_name",
-          "value": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
-          "description": "The container image to run"
-        }
-      ],
-      "environmentVariables": [
-        {
-          "description": "Your GitHub personal access token with appropriate scopes.",
-          "isRequired": true,
-          "format": "string",
-          "isSecret": true,
-          "name": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  ],
   "remotes": [
     {
       "type": "streamable-http",

From 5010b7d0487a154ad97e1c15cab795f99e61507f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:40:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 16/30] Edit namespace

---
 server.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index bc3ebc429..234a1a7b5 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2024-11-05/server.schema.json",
-  "name": "io.github.github/github-mcp-server",
+  "name": "com.github/github-mcp-server",
   "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.",
   "status": "active",
   "repository": {

From 2574feaabca9a809f51d2f9ff2f782f021e86d73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:49:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 17/30] Edit namespace

---
 server.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 234a1a7b5..e596bb509 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2024-11-05/server.schema.json",
-  "name": "com.github/github-mcp-server",
+  "name": "com.githubcopilot.api/github-mcp-server",
   "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.",
   "status": "active",
   "repository": {

From b5df36d59bb60600d3d542de627d921829263cd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:06:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 18/30] Change name to github/github-mcp-server

---
 server.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index e596bb509..3177ce4dc 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2024-11-05/server.schema.json",
-  "name": "com.githubcopilot.api/github-mcp-server",
+  "name": "github/github-mcp-server",
   "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.",
   "status": "active",
   "repository": {

From c742cc46b9b38be0f37f3c7e748e0ffdcafc44c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:38:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 19/30] Remote remote server

---
 server.json | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 3177ce4dc..dc14675e7 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2024-11-05/server.schema.json",
-  "name": "github/github-mcp-server",
+  "name": "io.github.github/github-mcp-server",
   "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.",
   "status": "active",
   "repository": {
@@ -8,10 +8,58 @@
     "source": "github"
   },
   "version": "${VERSION}",
-  "remotes": [
+  "packages": [
     {
-      "type": "streamable-http",
-      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
+      "registryType": "oci",
+      "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
+      "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
+      "version": "${VERSION}",
+      "transport": {
+        "type": "stdio"
+      },
+      "runtimeArguments": [
+        {
+          "type": "positional",
+          "value": "run",
+          "description": "The runtime command to execute"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "named",
+          "name": "-i",
+          "description": "Run container in interactive mode"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "named",
+          "name": "--rm",
+          "description": "Automatically remove the container when it exits"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "named",
+          "name": "-e",
+          "description": "Set an environment variable in the runtime"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "positional",
+          "valueHint": "env_var_name",
+          "value": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
+          "description": "Environment variable name"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "positional",
+          "valueHint": "image_name",
+          "value": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
+          "description": "The container image to run"
+        }
+      ],
+      "environmentVariables": [
+        {
+          "description": "Your GitHub personal access token with appropriate scopes.",
+          "isRequired": true,
+          "format": "string",
+          "isSecret": true,
+          "name": "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From 551a6bd55672c01e473d0132767100052998fa7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:50:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 20/30] Update version and add specific file call

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 2 +-
 server.json                             | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index c256a91d1..a208599d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish to MCP Registry (with verbose output)
         run: |
           echo "Publishing with verbose output..."
-          ./mcp-publisher publish --verbose || true
+          ./mcp-publisher publish --file server.json --verbose || true
           echo ""
           echo "Checking if mcp-publisher has other flags..."
           ./mcp-publisher publish --help || true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index dc14675e7..92a2a53c8 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2024-11-05/server.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-16/server.schema.json",
   "name": "io.github.github/github-mcp-server",
   "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.",
   "status": "active",
@@ -61,5 +61,11 @@
         }
       ]
     }
+  ],
+  "remotes": [
+    {
+      "type": "streamable-http",
+      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
+    }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From a8c47b83a065bafed753e8e0aeb1e23ce61a6bea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:10:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 21/30] Include setup step

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index a208599d6..95a32dd45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: "stable"
+        
       - name: Fetch tags
         run: git fetch --tags
 

From e3e46804f362653b6de0a4b28cc288dd59cdf0e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:20:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 22/30] Build publisher from source

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 95a32dd45..911b2923c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install MCP Publisher
         run: |
-          curl -L "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/download/v1.0.0/mcp-publisher_1.0.0_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz" | tar xz mcp-publisher
+          # Build publisher from source (requires Go)
+          git clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry publisher-repo
+          cd publisher-repo
+          make publisher
+          cp bin/mcp-publisher ../mcp-publisher
+          cd ..
+          chmod +x mcp-publisher
 
       - name: Update server.json version
         run: |
@@ -55,13 +61,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "JSON validation check:"
           python3 -m json.tool server.json > /dev/null && echo "✅ Valid JSON" || echo "❌ Invalid JSON"
 
-      - name: Login to MCP Registry
+      - name: Login to MCP Registry (OIDC)
         run: ./mcp-publisher login github-oidc
 
-      - name: Publish to MCP Registry (with verbose output)
-        run: |
-          echo "Publishing with verbose output..."
-          ./mcp-publisher publish --file server.json --verbose || true
-          echo ""
-          echo "Checking if mcp-publisher has other flags..."
-          ./mcp-publisher publish --help || true
\ No newline at end of file
+      - name: Publish to MCP Registry
+        run: ./mcp-publisher publish
\ No newline at end of file

From 935ea0efc5ccbac729cf12972697b7c3b9939d8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:21:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 23/30] Remove remote repo reference

---
 server.json | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 92a2a53c8..2a5bb5635 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -61,11 +61,5 @@
         }
       ]
     }
-  ],
-  "remotes": [
-    {
-      "type": "streamable-http",
-      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
-    }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From b38db66bac93fa303bc777eb55dd2386250c71e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:27:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 24/30] Edit identifier

---
 server.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 2a5bb5635..87ad34680 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     {
       "registryType": "oci",
       "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
-      "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
+      "identifier": "github/github-mcp-server",
       "version": "${VERSION}",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"

From dac1a25424d5b91b2bbfc3f12a38ce8d503a483a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:19:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 25/30] Add dockerfile label and clean script

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 29 ++++++-------------------
 Dockerfile                              |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 911b2923c..45c8d961c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -26,40 +26,25 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install MCP Publisher
         run: |
-          # Build publisher from source (requires Go)
-          git clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry publisher-repo
-          cd publisher-repo
-          make publisher
-          cp bin/mcp-publisher ../mcp-publisher
-          cd ..
-          chmod +x mcp-publisher
+          git clone --quiet https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry publisher-repo
+          cd publisher-repo && make publisher > /dev/null && cd ..
+          cp publisher-repo/bin/mcp-publisher . && chmod +x mcp-publisher
 
       - name: Update server.json version
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ github.ref_type }}" == "tag" ]]; then
-            # Use the tag that triggered the workflow
             TAG_VERSION=$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | sed 's/^v//')
-            echo "Using triggered tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
           else
-            # Fallback to latest tag (for manual triggers)
             LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-.*)?$' | head -n 1)
-            if [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
-              echo "❌ No release tag found. Cannot determine version."
-              exit 1
-            fi
+            [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ] && { echo "No release tag found"; exit 1; }
             TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
-            echo "Using latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
           fi
           sed -i "s/\${VERSION}/$TAG_VERSION/g" server.json
-          echo "Updated server.json version to $TAG_VERSION"
+          echo "Version: $TAG_VERSION"
 
-      - name: Display updated server.json
+      - name: Validate configuration
         run: |
-          echo "Final server.json contents:"
-          cat server.json
-          echo ""
-          echo "JSON validation check:"
-          python3 -m json.tool server.json > /dev/null && echo "✅ Valid JSON" || echo "❌ Invalid JSON"
+          python3 -m json.tool server.json > /dev/null && echo "Configuration valid" || exit 1
 
       - name: Login to MCP Registry (OIDC)
         run: ./mcp-publisher login github-oidc
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b6b0b6ea1..9d865cb21 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod \
 
 # Make a stage to run the app
 FROM gcr.io/distroless/base-debian12
+
+# Add required MCP server annotation
+LABEL io.modelcontextprotocol.server.name="io.github.github/github-mcp-server"
+
 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /server
 # Copy the binary from the build stage

From ce66ae8029f8d0efcf69930a322f1b31024b52f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:06:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 26/30] Log latest tag if used

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 45c8d961c..fe4581b26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
             LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-.*)?$' | head -n 1)
             [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ] && { echo "No release tag found"; exit 1; }
             TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
+            echo "Using latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
           fi
           sed -i "s/\${VERSION}/$TAG_VERSION/g" server.json
           echo "Version: $TAG_VERSION"

From 3346d97d6243557c24bcf97f883ca7df1118d758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:13:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 27/30] declobbering tags

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index fe4581b26..05e07e46f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ jobs:
           go-version: "stable"
         
       - name: Fetch tags
-        run: git fetch --tags
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref_type }}" != "tag" ]]; then
+            git fetch --tags
+          else
+            echo "Skipping tag fetch - already on tag ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          fi
 
       - name: Install MCP Publisher
         run: |
@@ -47,6 +52,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python3 -m json.tool server.json > /dev/null && echo "Configuration valid" || exit 1
 
+      - name: Display final server.json
+        run: |
+          echo "Final server.json contents:"
+          cat server.json
+
       - name: Login to MCP Registry (OIDC)
         run: ./mcp-publisher login github-oidc
 

From f6ea14068a8f9eaa864dc7e5f55e995f9f516f8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 28/30] Change server schema

---
 server.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 87ad34680..259ae4bb7 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-16/server.schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-09-29/server.schema.json",
   "name": "io.github.github/github-mcp-server",
   "description": "Connect AI assistants to GitHub - manage repos, issues, PRs, and workflows through natural language.",
   "status": "active",

From 65564fba78d53969a0e5bff7a2634ff8faf98238 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBabbbage <MattBabbage@GitHub.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 11:20:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 29/30] Add Docker image readiness check with timeout in
 workflow

---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 05e07e46f..d23d4f04f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,25 @@ jobs:
             echo "Skipping tag fetch - already on tag ${{ github.ref_name }}"
           fi
 
+      - name: Wait for Docker image
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref_type }}" == "tag" ]]; then
+            TAG="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          else
+            TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | head -n1)
+          fi
+          IMAGE="ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:$TAG"
+          
+          for i in {1..6}; do
+            if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE" &>/dev/null; then
+              echo "✅ Docker image ready: $TAG"
+              break
+            fi
+            [ $i -eq 6 ] && { echo "❌ Timeout waiting for $TAG after 3 minutes"; exit 1; }
+            echo "⏳ Waiting for Docker image ($i/6)..."
+            sleep 30
+          done
+
       - name: Install MCP Publisher
         run: |
           git clone --quiet https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry publisher-repo

From fda4c7b3949f92a0a3efe42d9481ea4531421e04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Babbage <42345137+MattBabbage@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 11:28:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 30/30] Apply suggestion from @Copilot

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 4f8e810bc..55d1eceb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
             TAG_VERSION=$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | sed 's/^v//')
           else
             LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-.*)?$' | head -n 1)
-            [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ] && { echo "No release tag found"; exit 1; }
+            [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ] && { echo "No release tag found. Cannot determine version."; exit 1; }
             TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
             echo "Using latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
           fi