Gitingest Mcp
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# gitingest-mcp [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gitingest-mcp) > MCP server that converts Git repositories into compact, prompt-ready digests for Large-Language-Models (LLMs). `gitingest-mcp` exposes the **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** over…
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• Works with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, generic git, or a local path
• Optional shallow clone, sparse checkout, or submodule support
• Honor .gitignore _and_ custom .gitingestignore files
• Powerful include/exclude glob patterns
• Hard limits for _file size_, _file count_, _total size_, or _token budget_
• Built-in retry & timeout logic to survive flaky networks
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Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Gitingest McpCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
git clone https://github.com/deadraid/gitingest-mcp.git
cd gitingest-mcp
npm install
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"gitingest mcp": {
"gitingest-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"gitingest-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"gitingest-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"gitingest-mcp-server"
]
}
}
> MCP server that converts Git repositories into compact, prompt-ready digests for Large-Language-Models (LLMs).
gitingest-mcp exposes the Model Context Protocol (MCP) over stdio so any LLM-aware editor or tool can request an up-to-date representation of a Git repository—local _or_ remote. The server clones (or analyses a local checkout), applies flexible filters (e.g. .gitignore, size limits, glob patterns), and streams back a single text document containing:
1. A summary (branch, commit, size, token count…)
2. A human-readable directory tree
3. The concatenated contents of every included file
The result is optimised for conversational code understanding, code-review, and RAG style retrieval.
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✨ Features
• Works with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, generic git, or a local path
• Optional shallow clone, sparse checkout, or submodule support
• Honor .gitignore _and_ custom .gitingestignore files
• Powerful include/exclude glob patterns
• Hard limits for _file size_, _file count_, _total size_, or _token budget_
• Built-in retry & timeout logic to survive flaky networks
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🚀 Quick Start
```bash
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