repo-pulse runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 88 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 Oct 2026.
Read-only git insights for AI: PR review context, bug hotspots, code ownership, release notes
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check repo-pulse every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add repo-pulse-mcp -e 'REPO_PULSE_REPOS=<REPO_PULSE_REPOS>' -- npx -y repo-pulse-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"repo-pulse-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"repo-pulse-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REPO_PULSE_REPOS": "<REPO_PULSE_REPOS>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.repo-pulse-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "repo-pulse-mcp"]
env = { REPO_PULSE_REPOS = "<REPO_PULSE_REPOS>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"repo-pulse-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"repo-pulse-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REPO_PULSE_REPOS": "<REPO_PULSE_REPOS>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"repo-pulse-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"repo-pulse-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REPO_PULSE_REPOS": "<REPO_PULSE_REPOS>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<REPO_PULSE_REPOS> (Absolute paths of the git repositories to serve, separated by ':' (';' on Windows)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
REPO_PULSE_TOOLS (Comma-separated toolsets (review, ownership, releases, history) or tool names to enable; all tools by default).
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