# UGT: Use the GitHub Thing (remote · mcp.usegithubthing.com)

Get open-source GitHub projects running on your computer, with your AI app

- Trust score: 73/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `mcp.usegithubthing.com`: 73/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/mcp)
- mcpb · `osx-x64`: 10/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-darwin-amd64.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-darwin-amd64)
- mcpb · `osx-arm64`: 10/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-darwin-arm64.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-darwin-arm64)
- mcpb · `linux-x64`: 39/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-linux-amd64.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-linux-amd64)
- mcpb · `linux-arm64`: 10/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-linux-arm64.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-linux-arm64)
- mcpb · `win-x64`: 10/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-windows-amd64.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-windows-amd64)
- mcpb · `win-arm64`: 10/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-windows-arm64.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/ugt-mcp-windows-arm64)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.2.2`

## 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 2026-11-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 81/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 728 tokens (~145/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 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.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the UGT: Use the GitHub Thing MCP server?

UGT: Use the GitHub Thing is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.usegithubthing.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-usegithubthing-ugt 'https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

### 2026-11-04 (score 73, +1)

- [security] Tool “get_recipe” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “read_recipe_file” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_install” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_project” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Schema quality: excellent → good
- [cosmetic] “read_recipe_file” reworded the description of “path”
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_install” changed its title: Get UGT's install → Get the install line

### 2026-11-03 (score 72)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_recipes` (~130 tokens)

Search recipes

Find how UGT gets a job done on the user's own computer with open-source software from GitHub, such as subtitles, CAD, video or web pages to Markdown. Search by what the user wants done or by a project's name, or omit the query to list the newest recipes. A recipe is a verified way to get one project doing one job, shared so the next person gets it fast.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum results to return; defaults to 20.
- `query` (string): What the user wants done, or a project's name. Omit to list the newest recipes.

Output parameters:

- `recipes` (array)

### `get_project` (~88 tokens)

Get a project's recipes

Get how UGT runs one GitHub project, by owner/repo or its link: the recipes people have shared for it, each verified for one job. Every GitHub project works with UGT, so the result always says what to do next.

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): The GitHub project as owner/repo, such as openai/whisper, or its GitHub link.

Output parameters:

- `next` (string): What the user can do next.
- `page_url` (string): The project's page on usegithubthing.com.
- `project` (string): The project, owner/repo.
- `recipes` (array)

### `get_recipe` (~77 tokens)

Get a recipe

Get one recipe in full: what it takes and makes, what stays usable after a run, the settings it asks for, everything it can reach and why, where it was tested, and every file it runs.

Input parameters:

- `recipe` (string, required): A recipe's ID, owner/repo/task, such as openai/whisper/subtitles.

Output parameters:

- `recipe` (object)

### `read_recipe_file` (~82 tokens)

Read a recipe file

Read one of a recipe's files, such as compose.yaml, its Dockerfile or recipe.json, to see exactly what it runs.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): The file's path in the recipe, as the recipe lists it.
- `recipe` (string, required): A recipe's ID, owner/repo/task, such as openai/whisper/subtitles.

Output parameters:

- `path` (string)
- `recipe` (string): A recipe's ID, owner/repo/task, such as openai/whisper/subtitles.
- `revision` (string)
- `size` (integer)
- `text` (string)

### `get_install` (~74 tokens)

Get the install line

Get the one line that installs UGT on the user's Windows PC, Mac or Linux computer and connects it to their AI apps, UGT for Claude Desktop, and what each computer runs recipes in. Omit the computer to get every one.

Input parameters:

- `computer` (string): The user's computer. Omit to get every one.

Output parameters:

- `computers` (array)
- `next` (string): What the user does next.
- `setup` (string): What the install line does.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 73
- 2026-11-03: 72

## Common questions

### What is the UGT: Use the GitHub Thing MCP server?

UGT: Use the GitHub Thing is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.usegithubthing/ugt. Get open-source GitHub projects running on your computer, with your AI app. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp).

### Is the UGT: Use the GitHub Thing MCP server safe to use?

UGT: Use the GitHub Thing scores 73 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 UGT: Use the GitHub Thing MCP server expose?

UGT: Use the GitHub Thing exposes 5 tools: search_recipes, get_project, get_recipe, read_recipe_file, get_install. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 451 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the UGT: Use the GitHub Thing MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to UGT: Use the GitHub Thing without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the UGT: Use the GitHub Thing MCP server still maintained?

UGT: Use the GitHub Thing is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.usegithubthing.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/auscaster/ugt
- Website: https://usegithubthing.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-usegithubthing-ugt/mcp