Gitingest-MCP

Gitingest-MCP

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Gitingest-MCP is an MCP server aimed at facilitating the extraction of repository information for MCP clients. It supports integration with various clients like Claude Desktop and Cursor, enhancing their ability to access and display GitHub repository details.

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An MCP server for gitingest. This allows MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cline, Cursor, etc to quickly extract information about Github repositories including

  • Repository summaries
  • Project directory structure
  • File content
Gitingest-MCP MCP server

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Table of Contents

Installation

Installing via Smithery

  • To install gitingest-mcp via Smithery:

    npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client claude --config "{}" # Claude

    npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client cursor --config "{}" # Cursor

    npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client windsurf --config "{}" # Windsurf

    npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client cline --config "{}" # Cline

Install via Github

  1. Add this to the MCP client config file

    {
	"mcpServers": {
		"gitingest-mcp": {
			"command": "<path to uv>/uvx",
			"args": [
				"--from",
				"git+https://github.com/puravparab/gitingest-mcp",
				"gitingest-mcp"
			]
		}
	}
}

Installing Repo Manually

  1. Clone the repo

    git clone https://https://github.com/puravparab/Gitingest-MCP
cd Gitingest-MCP

  2. Install dependencies

    uv sync

  3. Add this to the MCP client config file

    {
	"mcpServers": {
		"gitingest": {
			"command": "<path to uv>/uv",
			"args": [
				"run",
				"--with",
				"mcp[cli]",
				"--with-editable",
				"<path to gitingest-mcp project>/gitingest_mcp",
				"mcp",
				"run",
				"<path to gitingest-mcp project>/gitingest-mcp/src/gitingest_mcp/server.py"
			]
		}
	}
}

  4. If you have issues, follow this MCP server documentation

Updating the MCP client configuration

  1. Add to Claude Desktop

    Open config file in your IDE

    cursor ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

    code ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Debug

  1. Using mcp inspector 
    uv run mcp dev src/gitingest_mcp/server.py