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GistPad-MCP

📓 An MCP server for managing your personal knowledge, daily notes, and re-usable prompts via GitHub Gists

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About GistPad-MCP

GistPad-MCP is an MCP server for managing personal knowledge, daily notes, and reusable prompts stored as GitHub Gists. It uses the Model Context Protocol to integrate with AI tools, allowing users to create, update, and retrieve gists programmatically.

Best for

Developers who need a simple, GitHub-based way to manage notes and prompts through MCP-compatible AI assistants.

Use cases

  • Store and organize daily notes as GitHub Gists
  • Manage a library of reusable prompts for AI interactions
  • Build custom knowledge workflows using Gist-based content

Notes

195 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-01-16. Licensed MIT.

Pros

  • Leverages free and familiar GitHub Gist infrastructure
  • Compatible with MCP-enabled AI tools for seamless integration
  • Lightweight and written in TypeScript for easy customization

Cons

  • Requires a GitHub account and depends on Gist API rate limits
  • Limited to text-based storage; no native support for images or attachments
  • Relatively low adoption (195 stars) may indicate limited community support

Key facts

What we have checked

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How to use

How to set it up

As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.

Install

npx -y gistpad-mcp

Tools exposed

  • list_gists
  • get_gist
  • create_gist
  • delete_gist
  • update_gist_description
  • duplicate_gist
  • refresh_gists
  • update_gist_file
  • add_gist_file
  • delete_gist_file
  • rename_gist_file
  • edit_gist_file
  • list_gist_comments
  • add_gist_comment
  • edit_gist_comment
  • delete_gist_comment
  • get_todays_note
  • update_todays_note
  • list_daily_notes
  • get_daily_note

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop, VS Code

Example client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gistpad": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gistpad-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_PAT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Install

Add GistPad-MCP to your client

Not verified yet

No install recipe yet. We write one for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and ChatGPT when the server is in the official MCP registry with a package or remote address we can use.

Until then, follow the project's own README, or the setup the listing publishes under How to set it up.

Works with

What GistPad-MCP connects to

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