Opengist MCP Server

Name: Opengist MCP Server
Author: io.github.ni-c

io.github.ni-c/opengist-mcp

Repository Registry

What is the Opengist MCP server?

Read, create, update and delete gists on a self-hosted Opengist instance

How to install Opengist

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

OPENGIST_URL
required
Base URL of the Opengist instance, e.g. https://gist.example.com
OPENGIST_TOKEN
required
secret
Opengist Personal Access Token (starts with og_), created under Settings -> Access Tokens
OPENGIST_READ_ONLY
Set to true to not register any write tools (create, update, delete, fork, like)
OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS
Set to true to accept self-signed TLS certificates (scoped to the Opengist connection)

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opengist-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "opengist-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENGIST_URL": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_URL>",
        "OPENGIST_TOKEN": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_TOKEN>",
        "OPENGIST_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_READ_ONLY>",
        "OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opengist-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "opengist-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENGIST_URL": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_URL>",
        "OPENGIST_TOKEN": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_TOKEN>",
        "OPENGIST_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_READ_ONLY>",
        "OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opengist-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "opengist-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENGIST_URL": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_URL>",
        "OPENGIST_TOKEN": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_TOKEN>",
        "OPENGIST_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_READ_ONLY>",
        "OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "opengist-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "opengist-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENGIST_URL": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_URL>",
        "OPENGIST_TOKEN": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_TOKEN>",
        "OPENGIST_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_READ_ONLY>",
        "OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add opengist-mcp --env OPENGIST_URL=<YOUR_OPENGIST_URL> --env OPENGIST_TOKEN=<YOUR_OPENGIST_TOKEN> --env OPENGIST_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_OPENGIST_READ_ONLY> --env OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS=<YOUR_OPENGIST_INSECURE_TLS> -- npx -y opengist-mcp