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GitHub-URL-MCP
by kongyo2
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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30d uses
Score3177
Official
Categories
GitHubDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Last commit10 mo agothis month

GitHub-URL-MCP · Summary

An MCP server that validates and converts GitHub URLs between repository info and properly formatted URLs.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

GitHub-URL-MCP · Use cases

  • Help LLMs correctly construct GitHub URLs from repository information
  • Parse GitHub URLs to extract owner, repo, and path components
  • Verify repository accessibility before attempting to access GitHub content

filesystem · Use cases

  • Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
  • Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
  • Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

GitHub-URL-MCP · Install

npm install
npm run start

For Claude Desktop, add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-url": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@kongyo2/github-url-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

Comparison generated from public README + GitHub signals. Last updated automatically.