UGT: Use the Geek Thing MCP Server

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UGT: Use the Geek Thing is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 11 Nov 2026.

Get open-source GitHub projects running on your computer, with your AI app

Uptime history 43 hours of history

43 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

455 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 11 Nov 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check UGT: Use the Geek Thing 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

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add ugt --transport http https://mcp.usegeekthing.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.usegeekthing.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.ugt]
url = "https://mcp.usegeekthing.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ugt": {
      "url": "https://mcp.usegeekthing.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "ugt": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.usegeekthing.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

recipe

get_recipe

Get one recipe in full: what it takes and makes, what stays usable after a run, the settings it asks for, everything it can reach and why, where it was tested, and every file it runs.

read_recipe_file

Read one of a recipe's files, such as compose.yaml, its Dockerfile or recipe.json, to see exactly what it runs.

install

get_install

Get the one line that installs UGT on the user's Windows PC, Mac or Linux computer and connects it to their AI apps, UGT for Claude Desktop, and what each computer runs recipes in. Omit the computer to get every one.

project

get_project

Get how UGT runs one GitHub project, by owner/repo or its link: the recipes people have shared for it, each verified for one job. Every GitHub project works with UGT, so the result always says what to do next.

recipes

search_recipes

Find how UGT gets a job done on the user's own computer with open-source software from GitHub, such as subtitles, CAD, video or web pages to Markdown. Search by what the user wants done or by a project's name, or omit the query to list the newest recipes. A recipe is a verified way to get one project doing one job, shared so the next person gets it fast.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.usegeekthing.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	478 ms	11 min ago

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UGT: Use the Geek Thing — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can UGT: Use the Geek Thing do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_install, get_project, get_recipe, read_recipe_file, search_recipes. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is UGT: Use the Geek Thing working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 455 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect UGT: Use the Geek Thing?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does UGT: Use the Geek Thing need an API key?

No. UGT: Use the Geek Thing completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is UGT: Use the Geek Thing?

It answers our handshake in 455 ms on average, which is faster than 26% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is UGT: Use the Geek Thing open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Go and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at mcp.usegeekthing.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.