GitStandup MCP Server

Generate daily standup notes from your git commits using AI

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that automatically collects your git commits from multiple repositories and helps AI assistants generate natural, comprehensive standup summaries.

✨ Features

• 📦 Multi-repo support - Track commits across all your projects
• 👤 User-specific - Only shows your commits (filtered by git user.email)
• ⏰ Time-based - Configurable lookback period (default: last 24 hours)
• 🎯 Smart diff analysis - Includes code changes with intelligent truncation
• 💾 Persistent config - Remembers your repos in ~/.gitstandup/config.json
• 🧹 Clean output - Skips generated files (lock files, minified code)

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

# Using npx (no installation needed)
npx -y gitstandup-mcp

# Or install globally
npm install -g gitstandup-mcp

Setup with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitstandup": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "gitstandup-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Setup with VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

Add to your VS Code MCP settings:

{
  "gitstandup": {
    "type": "stdio",
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "gitstandup-mcp"]
  }
}

📖 Usage

Once configured, you can use natural language with your AI assistant:

"Generate my standup notes"
"What did I work on yesterday?"
"Show my commits from the last 2 days"

First Time Setup

1. Add your repositories:

   code

   "Add /path/to/my/project to GitStandup"
   

2. Generate standup notes:

   code

   "Generate my standup notes"
   

3. The AI will create a summary like:

   Yesterday I:

   • Implemented OAuth authentication flow in the api-server
   • Fixed critical bug in payment processing
   • Added integration tests for user registration

🛠️ Available Tools

The server exposes four MCP tools that AI assistants can use:

generate_standup

Generate standup notes from configured repositories.

Parameters:

• hours (optional): Number of hours to look back (default: 24)
• repos (optional): Array of specific repo paths to use

Example:

{
  "hours": 48,  // Last 2 days
  "repos": ["/path/to/repo1", "/path/to/repo2"]  // Optional
}

add_repos

Add repository paths to the configuration.

Parameters:

• paths: Array of absolute paths to git repositories

Example:

{
  "paths": ["/Users/you/projects/my-app", "/Users/you/projects/api"]
}

list_repos

List currently configured repositories.

Returns: Array of configured repository paths

remove_repos

Remove repository paths from the configuration.

Parameters:

• paths: Array of repository paths to remove

🔧 Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/muba00/gitstandup.git
cd gitstandup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Test locally
node build/index.js

Project Structure

gitstandup/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts      # MCP server setup and tool definitions
│   ├── git.ts        # Git operations and commit collection
│   └── config.ts     # Configuration management
├── build/            # Compiled JavaScript (generated)
└── package.json

📝 Configuration

Repository paths are stored in ~/.gitstandup/config.json:

{
  "repos": ["/Users/you/projects/project1", "/Users/you/projects/project2"]
}

You can edit this file manually or use the add_repos and remove_repos tools.

📦 Publishing to MCP Registry

This server is discoverable via the GitHub MCP Registry and OSS MCP Community Registry.

For Maintainers

To publish a new version:

1. Update version in both files:

   bash

   # Update version in package.json and server.json
   npm version patch  # or minor/major
   

2. Build and publish to npm:

   bash

   npm run build
   npm publish
   

3. Install mcp-publisher (first time only):

   bash

   brew install mcp-publisher
   # OR
   curl -L "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/latest/download/mcp-publisher_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz" | tar xz mcp-publisher && sudo mv mcp-publisher /usr/local/bin/
   

4. Authenticate (first time only):

   bash

   mcp-publisher login github
   

5. Update server.json version to match package.json and publish:

   bash

   mcp-publisher publish
   

The server will automatically appear in both the GitHub MCP Registry and the community registry, making it discoverable in VS Code, Claude Desktop, and other MCP-compatible clients.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• 🐛 Report bugs
• 💡 Suggest new features
• 🔧 Submit pull requests

See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details

🙏 Acknowledgments

Built with:

• Model Context Protocol SDK
• simple-git
• Zod

Note: This tool only reads git commit history and does not modify your repositories.