Gitingest-MCP

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

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c1fa596b-a70b-4d37-91d9-ea5e80284793

Table of Contents

• Installation

  • Installing via Smithery

  • Install via Github

  • Installing Repo Manually

  • Updating the MCP client configuration

• Debug

Related MCP server: Git Forensics MCP

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