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
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Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install gitingest-mcp via Smithery:

bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client claude

Install via Github

Add this to the MCP client config file

json
{
	"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

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

Install dependencies
```
bash
uv sync
```

Add this to the MCP client config file

json
{
	"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

bash
cursor ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

bash
code ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Debug

Using mcp inspector

uv run mcp dev src/gitingest_mcp/server.py

@puravparab/Gitingest-MCP: Gitingest-MCP

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