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Persist gh cli authentication across container rebuilds #67

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Persist gh cli authentication across container rebuilds
sei-jbooz Apr 9, 2026
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Use GH CLI auth for GitHub MCP
sei-jbooz Apr 9, 2026
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Adds deny permissions to prevent destructive actions by claude
sei-jbooz Apr 15, 2026
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Update readme with gh permissions
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .devcontainer/Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ setopt HIST_VERIFY # don't immediately execute recalled commands
# DEVCONTAINER ZSH HISTORY END
EOF
# Export GitHub token from gh CLI for MCP server auth
RUN echo '' >> /home/vscode/.zshrc && \
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Does this only work the second time you build after you log in with the gh with the first build?

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The creds will just be blank if you haven't auth'd yet. Should not result in any failures.

echo '# GitHub MCP token from gh CLI' >> /home/vscode/.zshrc && \
echo 'export GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(gh auth token 2>/dev/null)' >> /home/vscode/.zshrc
# Switch back to vscode user
USER vscode
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions .devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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"source=crucible-dev-claude,target=/home/vscode/.claude,type=volume",
// SSH keys and config
"source=crucible-dev-ssh,target=/home/vscode/.ssh,type=volume",
// GitHub CLI auth
"source=crucible-dev-gh,target=/home/vscode/.config/gh,type=volume",
// MSBuild files for local library development
"source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/msbuild/Directory.Build.props,target=/mnt/data/Directory.Build.props,type=bind",
"source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/msbuild/Directory.Build.targets,target=/mnt/data/Directory.Build.targets,type=bind"
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