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Can't install into latest Windsurf #318

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@iliakan

The problem was reproduced independently by me and my colleague on different Macs.

We were trying to install MCP for Windsurf, latest version and failed.

I tried to build it and use this config:

    "github": {
      "command": "/opt/tmp/github-mcp-server/cmd/github-mcp-server/github-mcp-server",
      "args": [
        "stdio",
        "--log-file=/tmp/github-mcp.log",
        "--enable-command-logging"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<redacted>"
      }
    }

Here's the error:

Image

Here's the log:
github-mcp.log

As I can see, the error occurs on the initial stage of parsing tools.

Versions: latest revision of Github MCP, latest Windsurf.
Latest MacOS.

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  1. nhyyebo commented on Apr 20, 2025

    @nhyyebo

    I am also receiving this, just chipping in to say that, thanks.

  2. iliakan commented on Apr 20, 2025

    @iliakan
    Author

    I copy-pasted exactly the same MCP config into Claude Desktop and it worked.

    Is it a Windsurf-only issue?

  3. johndavidsimmons commented on Apr 20, 2025

    @johndavidsimmons

    Getting the same thing in windsurf as of the most recent update, Claude works perfectly though

  4. iliakan commented on Apr 21, 2025

    @iliakan
    Author

    MCP inspector also shows the error!

  5. duksh commented on Apr 21, 2025

    @duksh

    Image

    This is what I've been getting as error to the point that I switch to this Smithery.ai version and it works fine with latest version of Windsurf

  6. toby commented on Apr 21, 2025

    @toby
    Contributor

    Hi all, thank you for reporting this! I just pushed a fix to main it's working for me now in Windsurf. Can someone check from main (fresh Docker pull should also work) and verify that it's working on their end? Then we can cut a point release.

  7. added a commit that references this issue on Oct 24, 2025
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