Installation

Beta

The GitGuardian MCP Server is currently in beta. Features and behavior may change as we iterate based on user feedback.

Prerequisites

• A GitGuardian account
• uv installed

Install in Cursor

Click the one-click install button from the GitHub README, or add manually to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "GitGuardianDeveloper": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/GitGuardian/gg-mcp.git",
        "developer-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Other IDEs

For Claude Desktop, Windsurf, and Zed installation instructions, see the GitHub README.

Instance configuration

The server defaults to GitGuardian SaaS (US). For other instances, set the GITGUARDIAN_URL environment variable:

Instance	URL
SaaS US (default)	https://dashboard.gitguardian.com
SaaS EU	https://dashboard.eu1.gitguardian.com
Self-hosted	Your instance URL (e.g., https://dashboard.gitguardian.mycorp.local). See Configure for self-hosted

See Configuration for all environment variables.