GistPad MCP

What it does

GistPad MCP connects your AI assistant to GitHub Gists, transforming them into a powerful personal knowledge base. It allows for seamless management of daily notes, long-term knowledge snippets, and parameterized prompts that can be reused across different AI sessions.

Tools

• list_gists: List all personal gists (excluding archived/daily).
• get_gist: Retrieve full contents of a specific gist.
• create_gist: Create a new gist with a description and initial content.
• delete_gist: Remove a gist by ID.
• update_gist_file: Update the content of a specific file within a gist.
• add_gist_file: Add new files to an existing gist.
• edit_gist_file: Perform targeted find-and-replace edits.
• list_gist_comments: Retrieve comments for a specified gist.
• add_gist_comment: Add a new comment to a gist.
• list_daily_notes: Access and manage a collection of daily logs.
• list_gist_prompts: Manage a collection of parameterized reusable prompts.

Installation

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

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

Supported hosts

• Claude Desktop
• VS Code Copilot