Gitingest MCP

🚀 Gitingest-MCP

Gitingest-MCP is an MCP server that provides support for gitingest. It enables MCP clients such as Claude Desktop, Cline, and Cursor to quickly extract relevant information from GitHub repositories, including but not limited to:

• Repository summary
• Project directory structure
• File content

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🚀 Quick Start

✨ Features

• Efficient Information Extraction: Facilitates MCP clients to rapidly extract diverse information from GitHub repositories.
• Multi - client Compatibility: Supports multiple MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cline, and Cursor.

📦 Installation

Install via Smithery

To install gitingest - mcp via Smithery, use the following commands:

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client claude --config "{}" # For Claude

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client cursor --config "{}" # For Cursor

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client windsurf --config "{}" # For Windsurf

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client cline --config "{}" # For Cline

Install via GitHub

1. Add the following content to the MCP client configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gitingest-mcp": {
            "command": "<uv path>/uvx",
            "args": [
                "--from",
                "git+https://github.com/puravparab/gitingest-mcp",
                "gitingest-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Manual Repository Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/puravparab/Gitingest-MCP
cd Gitingest-MCP

2. Install dependencies:

uv sync

3. Add the following content to the MCP client configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gitingest-mcp": {
            "command": "<uv path>/uvx",
            "args": [
                "--from",
                "git+https://github.com/puravparab/gitingest-mcp",
                "gitingest-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Update MCP Client Configuration

1. Open the MCP client configuration file.
2. Add the following content to the mcpServers section:

{
    "gitingest-mcp": {
        "command": "<uv path>/uvx",
        "args": [
            "--from",
            "git+https://github.com/puravparab/gitingest-mcp",
            "gitingest-mcp"
        ]
    }
}

🔧 Technical Details

Debugging

1. Open a terminal and run the following command:

uv run server.py

2. Ensure that the server is correctly configured and running.