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Gitingest MCP Server

by narumiruna
GitHub
Python
MIT License
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Integrations

  • Analyzes Git repositories and transforms them into structured text digests, supporting filtering by file size, patterns, and branches to help AI assistants understand codebases.

  • Enables ingestion of GitHub repositories, extracting repository summaries, file structures, and content to provide comprehensive codebase insights.

  • Supports installation through PyPI, allowing the server to be easily integrated with AI assistants via package management.

Gitingest MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that integrates with gitingest for turning any Git repository into a simple text digest of its codebase.

Features

  • Easy integration with AI assistants through the Model Context Protocol
  • Git repository analysis and ingestion capabilities
  • Support for filtering files by size, patterns, and branches
  • Returns comprehensive repository information including summaries, file structure, and content

Usage

Configuration Options

Add the following configuration to your AI assistant's settings to enable gitingest-mcp as an MCP server:

PyPI Installation
{ "mcpServers": { "gitingestmcp": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["-U", "gitingestmcp"] } } }
GitHub Installation
{ "mcpServers": { "gitingestmcp": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "--from", "git+https://github.com/narumiruna/gitingest-mcp", "gitingestmcp" ] } } }
Local Installation
{ "mcpServers": { "gitingestmcp": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "run", "--directory", "/home/<user>/workspace/gitingest-mcp", "gitingestmcp" ] } } }

API

The server provides the following tool:

ingest_git

Analyzes a Git repository and returns its content in a structured format.

Parameters:
  • source: The URL of a Git repository or a local directory path
  • max_file_size (optional): Maximum allowed file size in bytes (default: 10MB)
  • include_patterns (optional): Pattern or set of patterns specifying files to include (e.g., "*.md, src/")
  • exclude_patterns (optional): Pattern or set of patterns specifying files to exclude
  • branch (optional): The branch to clone and analyze (default: "main")
Returns:

A string containing:

  1. Repository summary
  2. Tree-like structure of the files
  3. Content of the repository files

Resources

License

See the LICENSE file for details.

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The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

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Gitingest MCP Server

  1. Features
    1. Usage
      1. Configuration Options
    2. API
      1. ingest_git
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