The Gitingest-MCP server allows MCP clients to extract information from GitHub repositories. You can:
Get repository summaries (including repo name, files, token count, and README summary)
Access project directory structure (tree structure of the repository)
Retrieve content of specific files within repositories
Allows MCP clients to extract information about Github repositories including repository summaries, project directory structure, and file content
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
To install gitingest-mcp via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client claude --config "{}" # Claudenpx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client cursor --config "{}" # Cursornpx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client windsurf --config "{}" # Windsurfnpx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client cline --config "{}" # Cline
Install via Github
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
Clone the repo
git clone https://https://github.com/puravparab/Gitingest-MCP cd Gitingest-MCPInstall dependencies
uv syncAdd 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" ] } } }If you have issues, follow this MCP server documentation
Updating the MCP client configuration
Add to Claude Desktop
Open config file in your IDE
cursor ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsoncode ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Debug
Using mcp inspector
uv run mcp dev src/gitingest_mcp/server.py
An MCP server for gitingest. It allows MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline etc to quickly extract information about Github repositories including repository summaries, project directory structure, file contents, etc
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