Gitingest-MCP

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

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