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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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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

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