Add opt-in filtering for content from users without push access #428
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Overview
This PR adds an opt-in way to limit issue, comment and PR input from users without push access to a specified repository. This helps mitigate prompt injection attacks when using this repo in headless contexts, especially for coding agents.
Implementation Details
--trusted-repo
to the CLI which takes a repository in the formatowner/repo
GetIssue
andGetIssueComments
) to filter content based on user permissionsUsage
To enable content filtering, start the server with the trusted repo flag:
github-mcp-server stdio --trusted-repo="owner/repo"
When filtering is enabled, any content from users without push access to the specified repository will be excluded from the results.
Technical Notes
Fixes #427.
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