# Gitingest MCP

> mcp server for gitingest

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

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-puravparab-gitingest-mcp
```

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

## About

# Gitingest-MCP 

An MCP server for [gitingest](https://github.com/cyclotruc/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](#installation)
  - [Installing via Smithery](#installing-via-smithery)
  - [Install via Github](#install-via-github)
  - [Installing Repo Manually](#installing-repo-manually)
  - [Updating the MCP client configuration](#updating-the-mcp-client-configuration)
- [Debug](#debug)

## Installation

### Installing via Smithery

- To install gitingest-mcp via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@puravparab/gitingest-mcp):

	```bash
	npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client claude --config "{}" # Claude
 	```
 	```bash
 	npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client cursor --config "{}" # Cursor
  	```
  	```bash
 	npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client windsurf --config "{}" # Windsurf
   	```
   	```bash
 	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

	```json
	{
		"mcpServers": {
			"gitingest-mcp": {
				"command": "/uvx",
				"args": [
					"--from",
					"git+https://github.com/puravparab/gitingest-mcp",
					"gitingest-mcp"
				]
			}
		}
	}
	```

### Installing Repo Manually

1. Clone the repo
	```bash
	git clone https://https://github.com/puravparab/Gitingest-MCP
	cd Gitingest-MCP
	```

2. Install dependencies
	```bash
	uv sync
	```

3. Add this to the MCP client config file

	```json
	{
		"mcpServers": {
			"gitingest": {
				"command": "/uv",
				"args": [
					"run",
					"--with",
					"mcp[cli]",
					"--with-editable",
					"/gitingest_mcp",
					"mcp",
					"run",
					"/gitingest-mcp/src/gitingest_mcp/server.py"
				]
			}
		}
	}
	```

5. If you have issues, follow this [MCP server documentation](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart/server)

### Updating the MCP client configuration

1. 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

1. Using mcp inspector
	```
	uv run mcp dev src/gitingest_mcp/server.py
	```

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [puravparab](https://github.com/puravparab)
- **Source:** [puravparab/Gitingest-MCP](https://github.com/puravparab/Gitingest-MCP)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://smithery.ai/server/@puravparab/gitingest-mcp

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-puravparab-gitingest-mcp
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/puravparab
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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