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mcp-git-ingest
by adhikasp
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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mcp-git-ingest · Summary

A Model Context Protocol server that reads GitHub repository structures and important files.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

mcp-git-ingest · Use cases

  • Analyzing GitHub repositories without cloning them locally
  • Understanding codebase structure before diving into implementation details
  • Extracting specific files from repositories for documentation or analysis purposes

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

mcp-git-ingest · Install

Installation

  1. Install with uvx:
uvx --from git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-git-ingest mcp-git-ingest
  1. Configure in Claude Desktop:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-git-ingest": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-git-ingest", "mcp-git-ingest"]
    }
  }
}

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
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