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limiting tools not working in docker #577

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@mateuszfryc

Here is my config for Cursor and CI/CD:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=${process.env.GITHUB_PAT}",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_READ_ONLY=1",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
}

Server starts but regardless of the config I pass I can't limit the tools, I always get 51 reported in Cursor:

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and CI/CD (github actions). I've tried to pass toolsets as well:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=${process.env.GITHUB_PAT}",
        "-e",
        "GITHUB_TOOLSETS=\"repos,issues,pull_requests,actions,code_security,experiments\"",
        "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
}

but to no avail. Am I missing something or is this a bug? My goal is to have read only tools.

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