Read and search GitHub repository documentation via gitmcp.io MCP service. **WHEN TO USE:** - User provides a GitHub URL - User mentions a specific repo in owner/repo format - User asks "what does this repo do?", "read the docs for X repo", or similar - User wants to search code or docs within a rep

Read GitHub Docs Access GitHub repository documentation and code via the gitmcp.io MCP service. URL Conversion Convert GitHub URLs to gitmcp.io: github.com/owner/repo → gitmcp.io/owner/repo https://github.com/karpathy/llm council → https://gitmcp.io/karpathy/llm council CLI Usage The scripts/gitmcp.py script provides CLI access to repository docs. List Available Tools Fetch Documentation Retrieves the full documentation file (README, docs, etc.): Search Documentation Semantic search within repository documentation: Search Code Search code using GitHub Search API (exact match): Fetch Referenced URL Fetch content from URLs mentioned in documentation: Direct Tool Call Call any MCP tool directly: Tool Names Tool names are dynamically prefixed with the repo name (underscored): karpathy/llm council → fetch llm council documentation facebook/react → fetch react documentation my org/my repo → fetch my repo documentation Available MCP Tools For any repository, these tools are available: 1. fetch {repo} documentation Fetch entire documentation. Call first for general questions. 2. search {repo} documentation Semantic search within docs. Use for specific queries. 3. search {repo} code Search code via GitHub API (exact match). Returns matching files. 4. fetch generic url content Fetch any URL referenced in docs, respecting robots.txt. Workflow 1. When given a GitHub repo, first fetch documentation to understand the project 2. Use search docs for specific questions about usage or features 3. Use search code to find implementations or specific functions 4. Use fetch url to retrieve external references mentioned in docs

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