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

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Table of Contents

• Installation

  • Installing via Smithery

  • Install via Github

  • Installing Repo Manually

  • Updating the MCP client configuration

• Debug

Related MCP server: GitHub 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