MCP Git Ingest
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MCP Git Ingest is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to read GitHub repository structures and important files. It provides tools to fetch directory structures and read specified files within a repository.
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What is MCP Git Ingest?
MCP Git Ingest is an MCP server that allows you to programmatically explore and read GitHub repositories. It provides functionalities to retrieve a repository's directory structure and read the contents of specified files.
How to use MCP Git Ingest?
To use MCP Git Ingest, configure it within your MCP server setup using the provided JSON configuration. Then, use an MCP client (like mcp-client-cli) to send requests to the server, specifying the GitHub repository URL. The server will return the directory structure or the content of the requested files.
Key features of MCP Git Ingest
Retrieves GitHub repository directory structure
Reads specified files from a GitHub repository
Handles error cases and cleanup
Uses a deterministic temporary directory for cloning
Provides a Unicode tree representation of the directory structure
Use cases of MCP Git Ingest
Analyzing the structure of a GitHub repository programmatically
Reading specific files from a GitHub repository for analysis
Integrating GitHub repository information into other applications
Automated documentation generation
Code understanding and exploration
FAQ from MCP Git Ingest
What is an MCP server?
What is an MCP server?
MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It's a protocol for servers to provide context to language models.
What dependencies are required to run this server?
What dependencies are required to run this server?
This server requires Python 3.8+, fastmcp, and gitpython.
How does the server handle errors?
How does the server handle errors?
The server uses try-except blocks to handle repository cloning and file reading errors, ensuring temporary directories are always cleaned up using finally blocks and returns descriptive error messages.
How does the server optimize performance?
How does the server optimize performance?
The server uses a hash-based temporary directory naming to potentially reuse cloned repositories, checks for existing repositories before cloning, and implements cleanup to prevent accumulation of temporary files.
What kind of files can I read with this server?
What kind of files can I read with this server?
You can read any text-based file within the repository. The server returns a dictionary mapping file paths to their contents.