How do I install github-twin?

Pick a client above and copy the generated config. Cursor and VS Code also have a deep link when the server can run locally or remotely.

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No. Registry-listed is not the same as vendor-official. Read the methodology for the difference.

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This listing scores 45 (Fair). The formula is published on the methodology page.

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github-twin MCP Server

Name: github-twin MCP Server
Author: christopherdavenport

Personal RAG over your GitHub history (commits, code, reviews), served to Claude Code over MCP.

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "christopherdavenport-github-twin": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "github-twin"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY",
        "GT_PATHS__DATA_DIR": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
GITHUB_TOKEN	No	GitHub personal access token. Optional: github-twin can also pick the token up from `gh auth token` or from its own OAuth device-flow login (`gt auth login`). Secret.
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	No	Optional. Enables the Claude backend for `gt summarize`, `gt distill`, and `gt eval`. Defaults to local Ollama when unset. Secret.
GEMINI_API_KEY	No	Optional. Enables the Gemini backend for embedding and the LLM seam. Vertex AI ADC via `GT_GEMINI_PROJECT` is also supported. Secret.
GT_PATHS__DATA_DIR	No	Optional. Override the on-disk data directory holding the SQLite index, embeddings, and cached GitHub responses. Defaults to `$XDG_DATA_HOME/github-twin`.

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