# Mcp Server Github Gist

> MCP server to create, read, update, list, and search GitHub Gists from your IDE

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-ofershap-mcp-server-github-gist`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [ofershap](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ofershap)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Developer Tools](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/developer-tools)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [ofershap](https://github.com/ofershap)
- **Source:** https://github.com/ofershap/mcp-server-github-gist

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-ofershap-mcp-server-github-gist
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# MCP Server GitHub Gist — Manage Gists from Your AI Assistant

[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-server-github-gist)
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-server-github-gist)
[](https://github.com/ofershap/mcp-server-github-gist/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

An MCP server to create, read, update, and search GitHub Gists without leaving your AI assistant. The official GitHub MCP server handles repos and issues — this one fills the Gist gap.

```
You: "Save this code snippet as a gist called 'auth-middleware.ts'"
AI:  ✅ Created secret gist: https://gist.github.com/abc123
```

> Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VS Code Copilot.

## Tools

| Tool           | What it does                              |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `gist_list`    | List your gists (paginated)               |
| `gist_get`     | Get a gist by ID (includes file contents) |
| `gist_create`  | Create a new gist (public or secret)      |
| `gist_update`  | Update description or file contents       |
| `gist_delete`  | Delete a gist                             |
| `gist_starred` | List your starred gists                   |
| `gist_star`    | Star a gist                               |
| `gist_unstar`  | Unstar a gist                             |

## Quick Start

### With Claude Desktop

Add to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-gist": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-github-gist"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### With Cursor

Add to your `.cursor/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-gist": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-github-gist"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "ghp_your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Authentication

Requires a GitHub personal access token with the `gist` scope.

1. Go to [GitHub Settings > Tokens](https://github.com/settings/tokens)
2. Create a token with the **gist** scope
3. Set it as `GITHUB_TOKEN` or `GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` environment variable

## Examples

Ask your AI assistant:

- "List my recent gists"
- "Create a gist with this code snippet"
- "Show me gist abc123"
- "Update the description of gist abc123"
- "Delete gist abc123"
- "Star this gist"

## Development

```bash
npm install
npm test
npm run build
```

## Author

[](https://gitshow.dev/ofershap)

[](https://linkedin.com/in/ofershap)
[](https://github.com/ofershap)

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## License

[MIT](LICENSE) © [Ofer Shapira](https://github.com/ofershap)

## Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [ofershap](https://github.com/ofershap)
- **Source:** [ofershap/mcp-server-github-gist](https://github.com/ofershap/mcp-server-github-gist)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-ofershap-mcp-server-github-gist
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ofershap
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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