Claude Code with GitHub Enterprise Server

Connect Claude Code to your self-hosted GitHub Enterprise Server instance for web sessions, code review, and plugin marketplaces.

GitHub Enterprise Server support is available for Team and Enterprise plans.

GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) support lets your organization use Claude Code with repositories hosted on your self-managed GitHub instance instead of github.com. Once an admin connects your GHES instance, developers can run web sessions, get automated code reviews, and install plugins from internal marketplaces without any per-repository configuration.

For repositories on github.com, see Claude Code on the web and Code Review. To run Claude in your own CI infrastructure, see GitHub Actions.

What works with GitHub Enterprise Server

The table below shows which Claude Code features support GHES and any differences from github.com behavior.

Feature	GHES support	Notes
Claude Code on the web	✅ Supported	Admin connects the GHES instance once; developers use claude --remote or claude.ai/code as usual
Code Review	✅ Supported	Same automated PR reviews as github.com
Teleport sessions	✅ Supported	Move sessions between web and terminal with /teleport
Plugin marketplaces	✅ Supported	Use full git URLs instead of owner/repo shorthand
Contribution metrics	✅ Supported	Delivered via webhooks to the analytics dashboard
GitHub Actions	✅ Supported	Requires manual workflow setup; /install-github-app is github.com only
GitHub MCP server	❌ Not supported	The GitHub MCP server does not work with GHES instances

Admin setup

An admin connects your GHES instance to Claude Code once. After that, developers in your organization can use GHES repositories without any additional configuration. You need admin access to your Claude organization and permission to create GitHub Apps on your GHES instance.

The guided setup generates a GitHub App manifest and redirects you to your GHES instance to create the app in one click. If your environment blocks the redirect flow, an alternative manual setup is available.

1. Open Claude Code admin settings

   Go to claude.ai/admin-settings/claude-code and find the GitHub Enterprise Server section.

2. Start the guided setup

   Click Connect. Enter a display name for the connection and your GHES hostname, for example github.example.com. If your GHES instance uses a self-signed or private certificate authority, paste the CA certificate in the optional field.

3. Create the GitHub App

   Click Continue to GitHub Enterprise. Your browser redirects to your GHES instance with a pre-filled app manifest. Review the configuration and click Create GitHub App. GHES redirects you back to Claude with the app credentials stored automatically.

4. Install the app on your repositories

   From the GitHub App page on your GHES instance, install the app on the repositories or organizations you want Claude to access. You can start with a subset and add more later.

5. Enable features

   Return to claude.ai/admin-settings/claude-code and enable Code Review and contribution metrics for your GHES repositories using the same configuration as github.com.

GitHub App permissions

The manifest configures the GitHub App with the permissions and webhook events Claude needs across web sessions, Code Review, and contribution metrics:

Permission	Access	Used for
Contents	Read and write	Cloning repositories and pushing branches
Pull requests	Read and write	Creating PRs and posting review comments
Issues	Read and write	Responding to issue mentions
Checks	Read and write	Posting Code Review check runs
Actions	Read	Reading CI status for auto-fix
Repository hooks	Read and write	Receiving webhooks for contribution metrics
Metadata	Read	Required by GitHub for all apps

The app subscribes to pull_request, issue_comment, pull_request_review_comment, pull_request_review, and check_run events.

Manual setup

If the guided redirect flow is blocked by your network configuration, click Add manually instead of Connect. Create a GitHub App on your GHES instance with the permissions and events above, then enter the app credentials in the form: hostname, OAuth client ID and secret, GitHub App ID, client ID, client secret, webhook secret, and private key.

Network requirements

Your GHES instance must be reachable from Anthropic infrastructure so Claude can clone repositories and post review comments. If your GHES instance is behind a firewall, allowlist the Anthropic API IP addresses.

Developer workflow

Once your admin has connected the GHES instance, no developer-side configuration is needed. Claude Code detects your GHES hostname automatically from the git remote in your working directory.

Clone a repository from your GHES instance as you normally would:

git clone [e-mail]:platform/api-service.git
cd api-service

Then start a web session. Claude detects the GHES host from your git remote and routes the session through your organization’s configured instance:

claude --remote "Add retry logic to the payment webhook handler"

The session runs on Anthropic infrastructure, clones your repository from GHES, and pushes changes back to a branch. Monitor progress with /tasks or at claude.ai/code. See Claude Code on the web for the full remote session workflow including diff review, auto-fix, and scheduled tasks.

Teleport sessions to your terminal

Pull a web session into your local terminal with /teleport or claude --teleport. Teleport verifies you’re in a checkout of the same GHES repository before fetching the branch and loading the session history. See teleport requirements for details.

Plugin marketplaces on GHES

Host plugin marketplaces on your GHES instance to distribute internal tooling across your organization. The marketplace structure is identical to github.com-hosted marketplaces; the only difference is how you reference them.

Add a GHES marketplace

The owner/repo shorthand always resolves to github.com. For GHES-hosted marketplaces, use the full git URL:

/plugin marketplace add [e-mail]:platform/claude-plugins.git

HTTPS URLs work as well:

/plugin marketplace add https://github.example.com/platform/claude-plugins.git

See Create and distribute a plugin marketplace for the full guide to building marketplaces.

Allowlist GHES marketplaces in managed settings

If your organization uses managed settings to restrict which marketplaces developers can add, use the hostPattern source type to allow all marketplaces from your GHES instance without enumerating each repository:

{
  "strictKnownMarketplaces": [
    {
      "source": "hostPattern",
      "hostPattern": "^github\\.example\\.com$"
    }
  ]
}

You can also pre-register marketplaces for developers so they appear without manual setup. This example makes an internal tools marketplace available organization-wide:

{
  "extraKnownMarketplaces": {
    "internal-tools": {
      "source": {
        "source": "git",
        "url": "[e-mail]:platform/claude-plugins.git"
      }
    }
  }
}

See the strictKnownMarketplaces and extraKnownMarketplaces settings reference for the complete schema.

Limitations

A few features behave differently on GHES than on github.com. The feature table summarizes support; this section covers the workarounds.

• /install-github-app command: follow the admin setup flow on claude.ai instead. If you also want GitHub Actions workflows on GHES, adapt the example workflow manually.
• GitHub MCP server: use the gh CLI configured for your GHES host instead. Run gh auth login --hostname github.example.com to authenticate, then Claude can use gh commands in sessions.

Troubleshooting

Web session fails to clone repository

If claude --remote fails with a clone error, verify that your admin has completed setup for your GHES instance and that the GitHub App is installed on the repository you’re working in. Check with your admin that the instance hostname registered in Claude settings matches the hostname in your git remote.

Marketplace add fails with a policy error

If /plugin marketplace add is blocked for your GHES URL, your organization has restricted marketplace sources. Ask your admin to add a hostPattern entry for your GHES hostname in managed settings.

GHES instance not reachable

If reviews or web sessions time out, your GHES instance may not be reachable from Anthropic infrastructure. Confirm your firewall allows inbound connections from the Anthropic API IP addresses.

Related resources

These pages cover the features referenced throughout this guide in more depth:

• Claude Code on the web: run Claude Code sessions on cloud infrastructure
• Code Review: automated PR reviews
• Plugin marketplaces: build and distribute plugin catalogs
• Analytics: track usage and contribution metrics
• Managed settings: organization-wide policy configuration
• Network configuration: firewall and IP allowlist requirements