Git Mcp Server
by cyanheadscommunityv2.10.3
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An MCP server that exposes 28 Git operations for AI agents, including repository management, commits, history inspection, branching/merging, remotes, and advanced workflows. It supports STDIO and Streamable HTTP transports and can manage a session working directory for git tasks.
From the registry: Comprehensive Git MCP server enabling native git tools including clone, commit, worktree, & more.
Install & configure
Prerequisites
- requiredgitgit CLI must be installed locally (provider wraps native git)
Install in your client
Paste into the AI you're chatting with — it will figure out the rest
Please install the `git-mcp-server-cyanheads` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).
Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **git** — git CLI must be installed locally (provider wraps native git)
Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `npx`
- args: ["@cyanheads/git-mcp-server@latest"]
- optional environment variables:
- `MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE`: Transport: stdio or http (example: `stdio`)
- `MCP_LOG_LEVEL`: Log level (example: `info`)
- `GIT_BASE_DIR`: Absolute path restricting git operations to a directory tree (example: `<your-base-dir>`)
- `LOGS_DIR`: Directory where the server writes logs (example: `<your-logs-dir>`)
- `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`: Git author name (alias: GIT_USERNAME) (example: `<your-git-username>`)
- `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`: Git author email (alias: GIT_EMAIL) (example: `<your-git-email>`)
- `GIT_SIGN_COMMITS`: Enable GPG/SSH signing (example: `false`)
- `MCP_HTTP_PORT`: HTTP port when MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=http (example: `3015`)
Note: Also supports Streamable HTTP via MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=http on MCP_HTTP_PORT (default 3015).
Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.Note: Also supports Streamable HTTP via MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=http on MCP_HTTP_PORT (default 3015).
Tools (28)
git_init
Initialize repositories
git_clone
Clone from remotes
git_status
Check repository status
git_clean
Remove untracked files
git_add
Stage changes
git_commit
Create commits
git_diff
Compare changes
git_log
View commit history
git_show
Inspect git objects/commits
git_blame
Trace authorship line by line
git_reflog
View reference logs
git_changelog_analyze
Gather git context and instructions for LLM-driven changelog analysis
git_branch
Manage branches
git_checkout
Switch branches or contexts
git_merge
Integrate branches
git_rebase
Environment variables
MCP_AUTH_SECRET_KEYrequiredSecret key required when using JWT authenticationOAUTH_ISSUER_URLrequiredOIDC issuer URL required when using OAuth authenticationPackages
@cyanheads/git-mcp-server
npmv2.10.3transport: stdio
@cyanheads/git-mcp-server
npmv2.10.3transport: streamable-http
Details
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Released
- Mar 9, 2026
- Last commit
- May 6, 2026
- Registry name
- io.github.cyanheads/git-mcp-server
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