Analyse Repos with Gitingest MCP

If you’re ever stuck with a bug that requires understanding a Github repo, you can now feed the full (or partial) repo in text format to an LLM using Gitingest MCP.

• Gitingest is a library that allows you to flatten a GitHub repo to text

• trelis-gitingest-mcp wraps Gitingest so you can pass it as an MCP tool!

I’ve got trelis-gitingest-mcp now as one of my default MCP servers in Claude Desktop and Windsurf/Cursor.

Put this in your mcp config:

"mcpServers": {
  "trelis-gitingest-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "git+https://github.com/TrelisResearch/gitingest-mcp"
    ]
  }
}

# or for Windsurf (which doesn't support git+)

"mcpServers": {
  "trelis-gitingest-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "trelis-gitingest-mcp"
    ]
  }
}

Cheers, Ronan

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GitIngest MCP: A Tool for Analyzing GitHub Repositories with LLMs

GitIngest MCP is a Python library that wraps the GitIngest tool, enabling language models to analyze GitHub repositories through a standardized interface. The tool provides three key capabilities:

Core Functionality

1. Extracts content from any public GitHub repository

2. Generates repository summaries with token counts (using tiktoken)

3. Creates tree views showing folder/file structure

4. Produces flattened text content from repository files

Key Features

1. Maximum file size limits to exclude large files

2. Include/exclude patterns for targeting specific directories

3. Branch selection support

4. Optional file output for results

5. Token count tracking via tiktoken

Implementation Details

1. Supports nested directory patterns (e.g. "src/git-ingest/*") when using GitHub installation

2. PyPI package version has limited nested directory support

3. Currently only works with public repositories

4. Available as an MCP tool for Claude Desktop, Windsurf, and Cursor

Installation Options

For Claude Desktop and Cursor:

1. Install directly from GitHub repository

2. Full nested directory support

3. Configure via settings/developer menu

For Windsurf:

1. Install via PyPI package (trelis-gitingest-mcp)

2. Limited nested directory support

3. Configure through Cascade settings

Technical Limitations

1. Private repository access not currently supported

2. Nested directory patterns only work with GitHub installation

3. Double-star recursive patterns not supported in base GitIngest

4. Token limits may require selective directory targeting