# GitHubCard (remote · githubcard.com)

Create GitHub profile and repository cards for READMEs, link previews and social posts.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `githubcard.com`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/githubcard.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/githubcard)
- npm · `@ghcardhq/ghcard`: 71/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/ghcardhq-ghcard.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/ghcardhq-ghcard)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://githubcard.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.2.1`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (delete_card).
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1471 tokens (~147/item across 10 items; 10 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 11 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the GitHubCard MCP server?

GitHubCard is a hosted endpoint at https://githubcard.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-githubcard-mcp 'https://githubcard.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-githubcard-mcp": {
      "url": "https://githubcard.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-githubcard-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://githubcard.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-githubcard-mcp]
url = "https://githubcard.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-githubcard-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://githubcard.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-githubcard-mcp --url 'https://githubcard.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-githubcard-mcp:
    url: "https://githubcard.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-githubcard-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://githubcard.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-githubcard-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://githubcard.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-githubcard-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://githubcard.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 66, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Server version: 0.1.0 → 0.2.0

### 2026-10-31 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `create_card` (~203 tokens)

Create GitHub card

Create (or reuse) a published card image for a GitHub profile or repository. Returns svg/png URLs and markdown/html embed snippets. Idempotent; counts once against the daily quota.

Input parameters:

- `design` (object): a design document from get_template_design or get_card_design, possibly edited; replaces template and palette
- `format` (string): which link to return as url: "svg" (default; best for README embeds) or "png". Both are always in urls
- `palette` (string): background palette id from list_palettes; omit for the template's own background. For any other colour use design
- `subject` (string, required): GitHub username (e.g. octocat) or owner/repo (e.g. octocat/hello-world)
- `template` (string): template id from list_templates; omit for the subject's default layout
- `watermark` (boolean): false removes the watermark (Pro only; ignored on Free)

### `validate_card` (~216 tokens)

Check a card request

Dry run of create_card with the same inputs: checks template/palette ids, Pro features and the design document, without creating anything or using quota. warnings lists layers that reach outside the artboard (they would be clipped); fix those before create_card.

Input parameters:

- `design` (object): a design document from get_template_design or get_card_design, possibly edited; replaces template and palette
- `format` (string): which link to return as url: "svg" (default; best for README embeds) or "png". Both are always in urls
- `palette` (string): background palette id from list_palettes; omit for the template's own background. For any other colour use design
- `subject` (string, required): GitHub username (e.g. octocat) or owner/repo (e.g. octocat/hello-world)
- `template` (string): template id from list_templates; omit for the subject's default layout
- `watermark` (boolean): false removes the watermark (Pro only; ignored on Free)

### `list_templates` (~92 tokens)

List card templates

List card layouts with their ids, scope (profile/repo/all), size, widget types, and whether they need Pro.

Input parameters:

- `freeOnly` (boolean): only templates available on the Free plan
- `scope` (string): profile or repo; omit for all. Results include scope=all templates, which fit both
- `widgets` (array): only templates containing all of these widget types (from list_components)

### `list_palettes` (~18 tokens)

List background palettes

List background palette ids accepted by create_card.

### `list_components` (~31 tokens)

List widget types

List the widget (layer) types a design can contain, with the scope (profile/repo) each fits.

### `get_template_design` (~95 tokens)

Get a template's design

Return a template's layout as an editable design document (artboard + layers). Costs no quota. Edit it and pass it to create_card as design.

Input parameters:

- `palette` (string): palette id to apply; replaces the template's background in the returned design
- `subject` (string): username or owner/repo the card is for; decides profile vs repo layouts
- `template` (string, required): template id from list_templates

### `get_card_design` (~58 tokens)

Get a card's design

Return the design document of one of the account's cards, to edit and re-submit through create_card as design (which creates a new card; the original is unchanged).

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): card id from create_card or list_cards

### `list_cards` (~58 tokens)

List my cards

List cards this account created through the API, most recently requested first. Paginated with nextCursor.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): nextCursor from a previous call
- `limit` (integer): page size 1-100 (default 20)

### `delete_card` (~48 tokens)

Delete a card

Permanently delete one of the account's cards. Its links stop working everywhere they are embedded. Confirm with the user first.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): card id from create_card or list_cards

### `get_usage` (~47 tokens)

Get plan and quota

Show the account's plan (free/pro) and how many cards it can still create today (cards.remaining, resets 00:00 UTC). The ai quota is reserved for future AI tools.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/githubcard#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 68
- 2026-11-04: 67
- 2026-11-03: 67
- 2026-11-02: 67
- 2026-11-01: 66
- 2026-10-31: 66

## Common questions

### What is the GitHubCard MCP server?

GitHubCard is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.githubcard/mcp. Create GitHub profile and repository cards for READMEs, link previews and social posts. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://githubcard.com/mcp).

### Is the GitHubCard MCP server safe to use?

GitHubCard scores 68 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the GitHubCard MCP server expose?

GitHubCard exposes 10 tools: create_card, validate_card, list_templates, list_palettes, list_components, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 866 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the GitHubCard MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to GitHubCard without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the GitHubCard MCP server still maintained?

GitHubCard is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the GitHubCard MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on GitHubCard, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://githubcard.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/ghcardhq/githubcard-mcp
- Website: https://githubcard.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/githubcard.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/githubcard/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/githubcard.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-githubcard-mcp/githubcard