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Installation

Beta

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

Prerequisites

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:

InstanceURL
SaaS US (default)https://dashboard.gitguardian.com
SaaS EUhttps://dashboard.eu1.gitguardian.com
Self-hostedYour instance URL (e.g., https://dashboard.gitguardian.mycorp.local)

See Configuration for all environment variables.