GitMCP MCP server

Endpoint: https://gitmcp.io/docs · Authentication: No auth

Fetches documentation, llms.txt files, and code from any public GitHub repository chosen at call time. No authentication is required.

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How do I authenticate?

Add the endpoint directly in your client. The catalog records no authentication requirement; no OAuth sign-in or API key is configured in this setup. The live server may change.

Authentication and connection guide

Connection specification

Remote endpoint: https://gitmcp.io/docs
Browser access: Not yet measured
Declared MCP transport: Streamable HTTP
Live-validated MCP transport: Streamable HTTP — Observed by the latest catalog validation
Declared authentication: No authentication
Detected authentication: No authentication detected or retained from publisher evidence
Protocol lifecycle: Stateful MCP · 2025-03-26
Category: Documentation

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Authorization setup

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This catalog entry does not require authorization or provider app registration.

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Live-validated endpoint: https://gitmcp.io/docs · Streamable HTTP. No authentication is required by the catalog listing.

Agent prompt for Claude Code or Codex

Add the GitMCP MCP server to my MCP client configuration and verify that it works.

What it is: Fetches documentation, llms.txt files, and code from any public GitHub repository chosen at call time. No authentication is required.
Server URL: https://gitmcp.io/docs
Transport: Streamable HTTP (remote MCP server, no local install).
Authentication: none. The server accepts connections without credentials.
Tools (5, as last observed by mcptest): fetch_generic_documentation, fetch_generic_url_content, match_common_libs_owner_repo_mapping, search_generic_code, search_generic_documentation.
Reference: https://mcptest.io/servers/gitmcp/

Steps:
1. Work out which MCP client I use (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code or another) and add the server under the name "gitmcp" in that client's MCP configuration, user scope unless I ask otherwise.
   Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http --scope user 'gitmcp' 'https://gitmcp.io/docs'
   Codex: codex mcp add 'gitmcp' --url 'https://gitmcp.io/docs'
   Other clients: use the setup for that client on the reference page.
2. Never write a credential value into a file that could be committed; reference an environment variable or the client's secret store, and ask me for any value you need.
3. Verify: connect to the server and call tools/list. Confirm the tools above are listed, and report any sign-in step I still have to complete.

Claude Code setup

Run in a terminal. This user-scoped entry is available across projects.

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user 'gitmcp' 'https://gitmcp.io/docs'

Codex CLI setup

Run in a terminal; Codex stores the entry in ~/.codex/config.toml.

codex mcp add 'gitmcp' --url 'https://gitmcp.io/docs'

Cursor setup

Add to .cursor/mcp.json for this project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for all projects.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitmcp": {
      "url": "https://gitmcp.io/docs"
    }
  }
}

VS Code setup

Add to .vscode/mcp.json, or run “MCP: Open User Configuration” for a private user-level entry.

{
  "servers": {
    "gitmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://gitmcp.io/docs"
    }
  }
}

Claude setup

Add the endpoint above in Claude:

Customize > Connectors > Add custom connector
Team/Enterprise: Organization settings > Connectors > Add > Custom > Web

Claude Desktop setup

Add the endpoint above in Claude Desktop:

Remote: Customize > Connectors (same as claude.ai)
Local: Settings > Developer > Edit Config, or Settings > Extensions for .mcpb files
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows), local servers only

ChatGPT setup

Add the endpoint above in ChatGPT:

ChatGPT web: Plugins > Add custom MCP server, then configure authentication and accept the risk warning

Windsurf setup

Add the endpoint above in Windsurf:

~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json on Windows), serverUrl or url
Cascade panel > ... > MCPs > Open MCP config file

Gemini CLI setup

Add the endpoint above in Gemini CLI:

gemini mcp add --transport http <name> <url>
~/.gemini/settings.json (user) or .gemini/settings.json (project), mcpServers

MCP SDK setup

Add the endpoint above in MCP SDK:

Programmatic: new Client(...).connect(new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(url))

Client compatibility

Client	Status	Why
Claude Code	Supported	Claude Code supports Streamable HTTP servers and servers without authentication.
Codex	Partial	Codex's documentation does not state support for servers without authentication.
Cursor	Supported	Cursor supports Streamable HTTP servers and servers without authentication.
VS Code	Supported	VS Code supports Streamable HTTP servers and servers without authentication.
Claude	Supported	Claude supports Streamable HTTP servers and servers without authentication.
Claude Desktop	Supported	Claude Desktop supports Streamable HTTP servers and servers without authentication.
ChatGPT	Partial	Stateful routing needs operational care: ChatGPT can preserve MCP sessions, but the deployment must route a session consistently and retain its state.
Windsurf	Partial	Windsurf's documentation does not state support for servers without authentication.
Gemini CLI	Supported	Gemini CLI supports Streamable HTTP servers and servers without authentication.
MCP SDK	Supported	MCP SDK supports Streamable HTTP servers and servers without authentication.

Computed from this server's validated transport, protocol and authentication against documented client support. Checks the catalog has not observed are not counted.

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Latest validation evidence

Validation status: Online when last tested
Validation checked at: Oct 26, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Validation detail: Negotiated stateful MCP 2025-03-26 at https://gitmcp.io/docs; detected transport streamable-http; authentication none

Tool inventory

What the catalog validator observed on Oct 26, 2026 at https://gitmcp.io/docs without credentials. The live server may have changed since; connect in the Playground for the current list.

Tools provided by GitMCP 5

fetch_generic_documentationNo outputSchema
Fetch documentation for any GitHub repository by providing owner and project name
Input owner: string, repo: string
- owner: stringrequired
  The GitHub repository owner (username or organization)
- repo: stringrequired
  The GitHub repository name
fetch_generic_url_contentNo outputSchema
Generic tool to fetch content from any absolute URL, respecting robots.txt rules. Use this to retrieve referenced urls (absolute urls) that were mentioned in previously fetched documentation.
Input url: string
- url: stringrequired
  The URL of the document or page to fetch
match_common_libs_owner_repo_mappingNo outputSchema
Match a library name to an owner/repo. Don't use it if you have an owner and repo already. Use this first if only a library name was provided. If found - you can use owner and repo to call other tools. If not found - try to use the library name directly in other tools.
Input library: string
- library: stringrequired
  The name of the library to try and match to an owner/repo.
search_generic_codeNo outputSchema
Search for code in any GitHub repository by providing owner, project name, and search query. Returns matching files. Supports pagination with 30 results per page.
Input owner: string, page?: number, query: string, repo: string
- owner: stringrequired
  The GitHub repository owner (username or organization)
- page?: numberoptional
  Page number to retrieve (starting from 1). Each page contains 30 results.
- query: stringrequired
  The search query to find relevant code files
- repo: stringrequired
  The GitHub repository name
search_generic_documentationNo outputSchema
Semantically search in documentation for any GitHub repository by providing owner, project name, and search query. Useful for specific queries.
Input owner: string, query: string, repo: string
- owner: stringrequired
  The GitHub repository owner (username or organization)
- query: stringrequired
  The search query to find relevant documentation
- repo: stringrequired
  The GitHub repository name