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mcp/cyanheadsgit-mcp-server/install/claude-desktop

install @cyanheads/git-mcp-server on Claude Desktop

Requires Node 18+ on your system so npx can fetch the package on first run. Claude Desktop only speaks stdio locally; HTTP servers are wrapped via npx mcp-remote automatically. Paste the config below, then follow the reload step to register @cyanheads/git-mcp-server.

paste into

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

windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "git-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@cyanheads/git-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "GIT_BASE_DIR": "~/Developer/",
        "LOGS_DIR": "~/Developer/logs/git-mcp-server/",
        "GIT_USERNAME": "cyanheads",
        "GIT_EMAIL": "casey@caseyjhand.com",
        "GIT_SIGN_COMMITS": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

then: Quit Claude Desktop completely (Cmd/Ctrl+Q) and reopen it.

other clients

Cursor →Windsurf →VS Code (Copilot) →Claude Code →

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