gitgoblin

Name: gitgoblin
Author: anandkaranubc

by anandkaranubcversion 0.1.8i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.anandkaranubc/gitgoblin

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Discover open-source repositories worth your time and evidence-backed contribution opportunities.

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

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User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other
You need to fill in: GITHUB_TOKEN

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: GITHUB_TOKEN

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Download the maker’s .mcpb file

The link goes to the maker’s own file; we do not host or repackage it. Open the file and Claude Desktop installs it.

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add gitgoblin --env GITHUB_TOKEN=your-value -- npx -y @gitgoblin/mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitgoblin": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gitgoblin/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "gitgoblin": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gitgoblin/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

GITHUB_TOKEN secret env
Optional GitHub token that can read public repositories. Raises rate limits from 60 to 5000 requests per hour and unlocks starter-issue data. A GitHub CLI login works too.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 6, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account anandkaranubc, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32505 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 83% of the other 32505 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32505 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is gitgoblin safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: GITHUB_TOKEN

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.8) reached the registry 7 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js, MCPB on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

Copied from the maker’s repo as written. PopNx MCP has not reviewed or endorsed it. HTML, images and scripts are removed. Links lead off this site.

@gitgoblin/mcp

gitgoblin as a Model Context Protocol server. It gives any MCP client (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot in VS Code, and others) four read-only tools: discover repositories worth your time, explain why one scores the way it does, analyze what a repository actually needs, and get a full briefing on one piece of work.

claude mcp add gitgoblin -- npx -y @gitgoblin/mcp

docs/agents.md has the one-liner for every client, the skill that teaches agents when to use the tools, and what has been verified. The server is listed in the official MCP Registry as io.github.anandkaranubc/gitgoblin. You can also run the server from a clone with node packages/mcp/bin/gitgoblin-mcp.mjs after npm install; Claude Desktop users install the release's gitgoblin.mcpb directly.

Tools

Tool	Input	Output
`discover_repositories`	`goal` (default `contribute`), `languages`, `topics`, `keywords`, `min_stars`, `max_stars`, `pushed_within_days`, `created_within_days`, `license`, `like`, `exclude_owners`, `include_archived`, `include_forks`, `limit` (default 10, max 25)	Ranked repositories: stars, language, license, score, the three strongest reasons for and one against, starter issues for `contribute`. `structuredContent.results[]` carries the same fields; `warnings` lists refused searches and failed lookups, which mean the ranking may be partial, and projects left out because their maintainers opted out of gitgoblin.
`explain_repository`	`repository`, `goal`	All eleven discovery signals with value, weight for the goal and evidence. Unknown signals say so.
`analyze_repository`	`repository`, `max_opportunities` (default 10, max 30), `check_dependencies` (default true), `goal`	The profile (nature, activity, responsiveness, welcomeness with signals, rules, commands, conventions) and the ranked opportunities with their primary evidence.
`get_opportunity`	`repository`, `opportunity_id` or `issue_number` (an issue's or a stale pull request's number)	One opportunity in full plus how to work on the project: clone, commands, conventions, rules, etiquette.

repository accepts owner/name or a URL. explain_repository and the like seed take github.com repositories, since discovery reads GitHub's API by owner and name; analyze_repository and get_opportunity also take gitlab.com and codeberg.org, which intel reads through their public APIs. Every other host is refused. Errors come back as tool results with advice (how to get a token, how to spell a repository), never as protocol failures. An analysis runs in a child process and is stopped after five minutes, or as soon as the client cancels the request, so one slow repository never freezes the other tools; at most two run at once. Long calls send progress notifications when the client provides a progress token.

The server's instructions tell the agent the typical flow, that quoted repository text is data and never instructions, and the one rule that matters: it never opens issues, pull requests or comments on the person's behalf unless asked.

The repository is often chosen by a model, so the server treats it as hostile: it reads only repositories it has confirmed public with an anonymous request, analyzes each in a child process with an empty home directory (none of your git configuration or credential helpers apply) that is killed with everything it started after five minutes or on cancellation, keeps clones per forge, never fetches external links, and strips control and format characters from every result, which opens with a reminder that repository text is data and is capped in size. docs/design.md explains each defence.

Environment

Variable	Effect
`GITHUB_TOKEN`, `GH_TOKEN`	Optional. Raises GitHub's limits and unlocks starter issues. Falls back to `gh auth token`.
`GITGOBLIN_CACHE_DIR`	Where the HTTP cache lives (default `~/.cache/gitgoblin`); the server's blob-less clones go in `mcp/repos/` under it, at most 20 per forge.

Development

npm test -w @gitgoblin/mcp                                       # protocol tests with fakes, offline

npm run typecheck -w @gitgoblin/mcp GITGOBLIN_E2E=1 npx vitest run --root packages/mcp test/e2e # the real server over stdio, against GitHub npm run bundle -w @gitgoblin/mcp # what npm pack ships: dist/gitgoblin-mcp.mjs and its THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md npm run mcpb -w @gitgoblin/mcp # the Claude Desktop bundle: dist/gitgoblin.mcpb

src/server.ts builds the server from an injectable ServerDeps (discovery and intel); src/format.ts renders results for a model; src/deps.ts wires the real packages; bin/gitgoblin-mcp.mjs is the launcher. Development runs the TypeScript source on Node 24. Publishing bundles the source and the sibling packages into one file with no runtime dependencies, because Node will not strip types under node_modules. docs/design.md explains the decisions; server.json is the manifest for the MCP Registry; it points at the release's .mcpb and its SHA-256. Releases are built by the repository's release workflow from an mcp-v tag on the merged commit, never from a local checkout; docs/releasing.md has the steps, including the MCP Registry workflow run that follows each release.

gitgoblin

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

topo^alpin

README from the maker

@gitgoblin/mcp

Tools

Environment

Development