GitHub Gist MCP (Minimal)

A minimal MCP server for creating and managing GitHub Gists. Provides just 4 essential tools to keep context usage low.

Forked from gistpad-mcp by lostintangent.

Why This Fork?

The original gistpad-mcp is feature-rich but provides 27+ tools, which floods MCP context. This minimal fork reduces it to just 4 core operations:

• Create private gists
• Create public gists (with auto-appended verification notice)
• Update gists
• Delete gists

Getting Started

1. Generate a GitHub personal access token with the gist scope: https://github.com/settings/tokens/new

2. Add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-gist": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github-gist-mcp-minimal"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_PAT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | create_private_gist | Create a new private GitHub Gist | | create_public_gist | Create a new public GitHub Gist (includes verification footer) | | update_gist | Update the content of a file in a gist | | delete_gist | Delete a GitHub Gist by ID |

Public Gist Footer

Public gists automatically include a footer noting they were generated by Claude Code and advising readers to verify the content.

License

MIT (see LICENSE file)