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📓 GistPad MCP

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📓 An MCP server for managing your personal knowledge, daily notes, and re-usable prompts via GitHub Gists

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Overview

GistPad MCP is a server designed for managing and sharing personal knowledge and daily notes through GitHub Gists. It serves as a companion to the GistPad VS Code extension and GistPad.dev, enabling users to access and edit their gists from any MCP-enabled AI product.

To use GistPad MCP, you need to install Node.js, generate a personal access token with the gist scope, and configure your MCP client to connect to the GistPad MCP server. Once set up, you can interact with your gists and daily notes through various commands.

  • Manage and share gists and daily notes seamlessly. - Create, update, delete, and list gists and daily notes. - Archive and star gists for easy access. - Comment on gists and manage gist files.
  1. Keeping track of daily notes and tasks.
  2. Managing personal knowledge through gists.
  3. Collaborating on notes and gists with others.
  4. Accessing gists from various MCP-enabled applications.

Add to your AI client

Use these steps to connect 📓 GistPad MCP in Cursor, Claude, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible apps. The same JSON appears in the Use with menu above for one-click copy.

Cursor

Add this to your .cursor/mcp.json file in your project root, then restart Cursor.

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gistpad-mcp-lostintangent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gistpad-mcp-lostintangent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add this server entry to the mcpServers object in your Claude Desktop config, then restart the app.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gistpad-mcp-lostintangent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gistpad-mcp-lostintangent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add this to your project's .mcp.json file. Claude Code will detect it automatically.

.mcp.json (project root)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gistpad-mcp-lostintangent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gistpad-mcp-lostintangent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot)

Add this to your .vscode/mcp.json file. Requires the GitHub Copilot extension with MCP support enabled.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "gistpad-mcp-lostintangent": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gistpad-mcp-lostintangent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add this to your Windsurf MCP config file, then restart Windsurf.

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gistpad-mcp-lostintangent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gistpad-mcp-lostintangent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

Open Cline settings, navigate to MCP Servers, and add this server configuration.

Cline MCP Settings (via UI)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gistpad-mcp-lostintangent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gistpad-mcp-lostintangent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Can I use GistPad MCP without GitHub?

No, GistPad MCP requires a GitHub account to manage gists.

Is GistPad MCP free to use?

Yes, GistPad MCP is free to use, but you need a GitHub account.

What programming language is GistPad MCP built with?

GistPad MCP is built using Node.js.

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