Marketplace read-github

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/am-will/read-github" ~/.claude/skills/aiskillstore-marketplace-read-github && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/am-will/read-github/SKILL.md

Read GitHub Docs

Access GitHub repository documentation and code via the gitmcp.io MCP service.

URL Conversion

Convert GitHub URLs to gitmcp.io:

github.com/owner/repo

→

gitmcp.io/owner/repo

https://github.com/karpathy/llm-council

→

https://gitmcp.io/karpathy/llm-council

CLI Usage

The

scripts/gitmcp.py

script provides CLI access to repository docs.

List Available Tools

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py list-tools owner/repo

Fetch Documentation

Retrieves the full documentation file (README, docs, etc.):

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py fetch-docs owner/repo

Search Documentation

Semantic search within repository documentation:

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py search-docs owner/repo "query"

Search Code

Search code using GitHub Search API (exact match):

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py search-code owner/repo "function_name"

Fetch Referenced URL

Fetch content from URLs mentioned in documentation:

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py fetch-url owner/repo "https://example.com/doc"

Direct Tool Call

Call any MCP tool directly:

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py call owner/repo tool_name '{"arg": "value"}'

Tool Names

Tool names are dynamically prefixed with the repo name (underscored):

karpathy/llm-council

→

fetch_llm_council_documentation

```
facebook/react
```
→
```
fetch_react_documentation
```

my-org/my-repo

→

fetch_my_repo_documentation

Available MCP Tools

For any repository, these tools are available:

fetch_{repo}_documentation - Fetch entire documentation. Call first for general questions.
search_{repo}_documentation - Semantic search within docs. Use for specific queries.
search_{repo}_code - Search code via GitHub API (exact match). Returns matching files.
fetch_generic_url_content - Fetch any URL referenced in docs, respecting robots.txt.

Workflow

When given a GitHub repo, first fetch documentation to understand the project
Use search-docs for specific questions about usage or features
Use search-code to find implementations or specific functions
Use fetch-url to retrieve external references mentioned in docs