Does Git have an MCP server?
Git does not maintain an official MCP server. Community-built servers exist.
mcp-server-git is the MCP project's actively maintained reference server — official to the protocol project, not to the git project itself.
- Access
- Local server
- Repository
- modelcontextprotocol/servers
- Maintainer
- Model Context Protocol
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 89k
- Last commit
- yesterday
- Category
- Developer Tools
Model Context Protocol Servers
Project site: modelcontextprotocol.io
Model Context Protocol Servers
A Git MCP server for AI agents. STDIO & Streamable HTTP.
Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.
Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:
claude mcp add git -- npx -y <package-from-readme>Swap in the exact package and flags from the repo README — most servers need an API key passed as an environment variable.
Add --scope user to make it available in every project.
Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config and add the server to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"git": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"<package-from-readme>"
],
"env": {
"API_KEY": "…"
}
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop after saving.
Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for
every project:
{
"mcpServers": {
"git": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"<package-from-readme>"
],
"env": {
"API_KEY": "…"
}
}
}
}A green dot in Settings → MCP means it connected.
Add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"git": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"<package-from-readme>"
]
}
}
}Then pick the server from the tools menu in Copilot's agent mode.
A community server is unaudited third-party code that will hold your Git API credentials and see whatever data they unlock. Independent research puts SSRF vulnerabilities in roughly a third of public MCP servers, and 41% ship with no authentication at all.
- Read the source before running it — especially any network calls it makes.
- Check who maintains it and whether commits are recent (this one: yesterday).
- Issue a scoped, revocable API key rather than an account-wide token.
- Prefer read-only credentials until you trust it with writes.
Does Git have an official MCP server?
No. Git does not maintain one. Third-party developers have built community servers, the most established being modelcontextprotocol/servers, but they are not endorsed or supported by Git.
How do I connect Git to Claude?
Run the server locally and register it in Claude's MCP config. In Claude Code that's a single "claude mcp add" command; in Claude Desktop you add it to claude_desktop_config.json.
Is it safe to use a community Git MCP server?
Treat it like any dependency that gets your API keys. Community MCP servers are unaudited third-party code: independent research has found roughly a third of public MCP servers carry SSRF vulnerabilities and 41% ship with no authentication. Read the source, check the maintainer and commit recency, and scope the credentials you hand it.
How is this verdict verified?
The git project (git-scm.com) publishes no MCP server. The de facto standard is mcp-server-git in the modelcontextprotocol/servers monorepo, maintained by the MCP project. GitHub metadata is refreshed every six hours.
The git project (git-scm.com) publishes no MCP server. The de facto standard is mcp-server-git in the modelcontextprotocol/servers monorepo, maintained by the MCP project.
- github data refreshed 2026-08-11, then every 6 hours
- vendor docs verified on 2026-08-10
Work at Git? The moment you ship an official server this page flips to Official — send us the link.