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

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install gitingest-mcp via Smithery:

• Claude Desktop
  npx -y @smithery/cli install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client claude
• Cursor
  npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --config "{}"

Installing Manually

1. Clone the repo
   git clone https://https://github.com/puravparab/Gitingest-MCP cd Gitingest-MCP
2. Install dependencies
   uv sync
3. 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
4. Add this to the configuration
   { "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" ] } } }
5. If you have issues, follow this MCP server documentation

Debug

Run mcp inspector