Software

Data source: GitHub API

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/github/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-github": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/github/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/github/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "search_repos", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/github/

5 endpoints available:

GET /rest/github/search_repos
GET /rest/github/get_readme
GET /rest/github/list_open_issues
GET /rest/github/get_repo_stats
GET /rest/github/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/github/search_repos?query=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/github/search_repos",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc github

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (5)

search_repos

Search public GitHub repositories by keyword.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search terms (e.g. "machine learning framework", "http client").
`language`	`any`	optional	Filter by programming language (e.g. "python", "typescript"). Optional.
`stars_min`	`any`	optional	Minimum star count filter (e.g. 100). Optional.

get_readme

Fetch and decode the README for a GitHub repository.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`owner`	`string`	required	Repository owner (user or org), e.g. "fastapi".
`repo`	`string`	required	Repository name, e.g. "fastapi".

list_open_issues

List open issues for a public GitHub repository.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`owner`	`string`	required	Repository owner (user or org), e.g. "django".
`repo`	`string`	required	Repository name, e.g. "django".
`labels`	`any`	optional	Filter by label names (e.g. ["bug", "help wanted"]). Optional.