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Enhance installation guide for Copilot CLI MCP server#2928

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Added detailed instructions for setting up the GitHub MCP server in Copilot CLI, including environment variable configuration, server customization, and troubleshooting tips.

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Why

Fixes #

What changed

MCP impact

  • No tool or API changes
  • Tool schema or behavior changed
  • New tool added

Prompts tested (tool changes only)

Security / limits

  • No security or limits impact
  • Auth / permissions considered
  • Data exposure, filtering, or token/size limits considered

Tool renaming

  • I am renaming tools as part of this PR (e.g. a part of a consolidation effort)
    • I have added the new tool aliases in deprecated_tool_aliases.go
  • I am not renaming tools as part of this PR

Note: if you're renaming tools, you must add the tool aliases. For more information on how to do so, please refer to the official docs.

Lint & tests

  • Linted locally with ./script/lint
  • Tested locally with ./script/test

Docs

  • Not needed
  • Updated (README / docs / examples)

Added detailed instructions for setting up the GitHub MCP server in Copilot CLI, including environment variable configuration, server customization, and troubleshooting tips.
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