whygit runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 102 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 20 Oct 2026.
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What the code does
We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
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proc = subprocess.run(
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
proc = subprocess.run(
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We found things in this code
Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch whygit and you get told the day something new turns up.
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 whygit -- uvx whygit{
"mcpServers": {
"whygit": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"whygit"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.whygit]
command = "uvx"
args = ["whygit"]{
"mcpServers": {
"whygit": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"whygit"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"whygit": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"whygit"
]
}
}
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