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UGT: Use the GitHub Thing MCP Server

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UGT: Use the GitHub Thing is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 4 Nov 2026.

Get GitHub projects running on your computer, with your AI app

Uptime history 7 hours of history
7 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
23 of 23 checks
5
Tools
read from the server
467 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 4 Nov 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 8 h ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

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.

    dest := filepath.Join(c.cache, "recipes", r.Revision)
Builds a database query by concatenation internal/app/submit.go:108
    if update {
        verb = "update"
    }
    progress("submit", "opening a pull request to "+catalogue.Repo)
duration = float(subprocess.run(

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 1 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ugt --transport http https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ugt]
url = "https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ugt": {
      "url": "https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ugt": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.usegithubthing.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

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp streamable-http answering 455 ms 1 min ago

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UGT: Use the GitHub Thing — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can UGT: Use the GitHub 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 GitHub Thing working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 23 of 23 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 467 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect UGT: Use the GitHub 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 GitHub Thing need an API key?
No. UGT: Use the GitHub 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 GitHub Thing?
It answers our handshake in 467 ms on average, which is faster than 27% 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 GitHub 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.usegithubthing.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.