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Git Summary

Git repo intelligence: summaries, blame, changelogs, branch health, and history search

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Install Git Summary

Pick your client, then add it in one click or paste the config.

STDIONode.js
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "git-summary": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "git-summary-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config, merge this into mcpServers, then fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop.

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Overview

Tools6

What Git Summary lets your agent do. Expand a tool for its parameters.

Verified live~760 tokens of context

Security & health

What it can reach and how reliably it runs — from our own checks, not the maintainer’s claims.

ActiveLast checked 2d ago

Recent health check succeeded.

4/4 checks healthy over the last 39d

What it can do

From the 6 tools this server returned when we ran it.

Read-only tools · 6
Network at startup3 connections
Files written at startupNone
Install scriptsNone
npm provenanceNot published
Package age202 days
Maintainers1

Observed 2026-10-18 in an isolated sandbox. A description of reach, not a security audit.

Supply-chain signal

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Scanned 7d ago via OSV.dev · git-summary-mcp (npm)

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npm downloads208Package downloads in the last 30 days.
Last commit6mo agoMost recent push to the default branch.
Availability100%Our rolling endpoint + install checks that succeeded.
Install checkPassedOur sandbox started it and listed its tools.
Tools exposed6Callable tools this server registers over MCP.
Directory activity1 viewsConfig copies, upvotes, and views on AllMCPs.

From the project README

git-summary-mcp

An MCP server that gives AI assistants deep understanding of your local Git repositories. Get instant repo overviews, semantic change summaries, blame analysis, auto-generated changelogs, branch health checks, and history search — all from within Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.

Quick Start

Terminal
npx git-summary-mcp

Zero config. No API keys. No accounts. Just run it in any Git repository.

Tools

git_summary

Structured overview of a repository: current branch, recent commits, contributors, and stats.

Code
"Summarize this repository"
"Who are the top contributors?"
"Show me the last 10 commits"

git_changes

Semantic change summary for any commit range. See what files changed, who changed them, and the overall diff stat.

Code
"What changed between v1.0 and v2.0?"
"Summarize the changes in the last week"
"What did the feature branch change?"

git_blame

Analyze file ownership: who wrote each line, when, and in which commit. Get contributor breakdowns.

Code
"Who last modified src/index.ts?"
"Show me the blame for lines 50-100 of app.py"
"Who owns most of this file?"

git_changelog

Auto-generate a changelog grouped by commit type (features, fixes, docs, etc.) using conventional commit detection.

Code
"Generate a changelog for the last release"
"Create release notes from v1.0 to v2.0"

git_branch_health

Find stale branches, merged branches ready for cleanup, and branches that are ahead/behind.

Code
"Which branches are stale?"
"Any branches that have been merged and can be deleted?"
"Show me branch health"

git_search

Search through commit messages and code changes (pickaxe search) to find when something was introduced or changed.

Code
"When was the login function added?"
"Find commits that mention 'authentication'"
"When was this config value changed?"

Installation

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

Add to your MCP config:

config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "git-summary": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "git-summary-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "git-summary": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "git-summary-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to your MCP configuration with the same format as above.

Why?

AI coding assistants can read files and run commands, but they don't inherently understand your project's history. This MCP server gives them structured, token-efficient Git intelligence so they can:

  • Understand who worked on what and when
  • Generate accurate changelogs and release notes
  • Find when bugs were introduced
  • Identify stale branches and cleanup opportunities
  • Summarize changes for code reviews and PRs

Requirements

  • Node.js 18+
  • Git installed and available in PATH
  • Must be run inside (or pointed at) a Git repository

Part of the MCP Toolkit

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License

MIT

Read the full README View source on GitHub

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Frequently Asked Questions about Git Summary

git-summary is an MCP server that gives AI assistants structured intelligence about local Git repositories. It provides repository overviews, semantic change summaries, blame analysis, changelog generation, branch health checks, and history search through MCP-compatible clients such as Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients, without API keys or accounts.

git-summary can analyze repository structure and statistics, branches, commits, contributors, file ownership, commit ranges, code changes, and commit history. Its tools include git_summary, git_changes, git_blame, git_changelog, git_branch_health, and git_search.

Run git-summary with npx git-summary-mcp from inside a Git repository. It requires Node.js 18 or newer and Git available in PATH, and can be added to Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, or another MCP client using an npx command configuration.

Yes, git-summary can generate changelogs grouped by commit type using conventional commit detection. The git_changelog tool can create changelogs or release notes for a specified range, such as the commits between two version tags.

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