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git-blame-mcp

v1.0.1

Published

MCP server that explains git history in plain English — works on local repos and public GitHub repos

Readme

🚀 Git Blame MCP Server

A simple MCP server that helps you understand the story behind your code changes — not just what changed, but why.

This project was built to explore how Model Context Protocol (MCP) works internally while creating something useful for real-world development.


✨ What It Does

Works with both:

  • Local Git repositories
  • Public GitHub repositories

Provides tools to explore commit history in a more meaningful way.


🔧 Features

🔍 get_commit_story

Understand a commit completely:

  • Who made the change
  • What files were modified
  • Full diff
  • Context around the change

🧵 blame_line

Trace a specific line in a file:

  • Find who last changed it
  • See the related commit
  • Understand why it was changed

📜 get_file_history

View how a file evolved:

  • List of commits
  • Change patterns over time

🔎 search_commits

Search commits by keyword:

  • Find fixes, features, or specific changes
  • Identify trends in development

🧠 Why This Project?

The goal was to:

  • Learn how MCP works internally
  • Build something practical using it
  • Turn raw Git data into useful insights

📌 Future Improvements

  • 🔐 Add support for private GitHub repositories using secure authentication (OAuth)
  • 📊 Build a simple UI dashboard to visualize commit insights and history