Problem
The GitHub MCP tools ( get_issue , create_pr , etc.) are listed as available tools, but calling them fails with Authentication Failed: Requires authentication .
There's no prompt, no setup flow, no hint in the UI telling the user why it failed or how to fix it.
A new user (like the one in #374) who's never used an AI coding agent before has no way to know they need to:
- Create a GitHub Personal Access Token
- Set GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN in their environment
- Restart Reasonix
The tools just quietly fail with a cryptic auth error.
Proposed change
allow changing env, command, args in config file and dashboard. builtin mcp can freeze command and args but at least expose env.
Scope check
Problem
The GitHub MCP tools ( get_issue , create_pr , etc.) are listed as available tools, but calling them fails with Authentication Failed: Requires authentication .
There's no prompt, no setup flow, no hint in the UI telling the user why it failed or how to fix it.
A new user (like the one in #374) who's never used an AI coding agent before has no way to know they need to:
The tools just quietly fail with a cryptic auth error.
Proposed change
allow changing env, command, args in config file and dashboard. builtin mcp can freeze command and args but at least expose env.
Scope check