gread — Claude Code MCP server: what it does, how to install
A remote MCP server and skill that let a coding agent read the source of public GitHub repos, docs repos included.
claude mcp add --transport http gread https://api.gread.dev/mcpWhat gread does
gread gives an agent the source code behind any public GitHub repository. Ask how a library works and it goes to the implementation instead of recalling the docs from memory.
Nothing runs locally: it is a hosted endpoint at https://api.gread.dev/mcp over streamable HTTP, so a single config line does the job. Coding agents can take the skill route instead, installed with npx skills add https://github.com/NitroRCr/gread --skill gread. Both routes ship together and you choose one.
Public repos only, so closed company code stays out of reach. When a project keeps its documentation in a separate repository, gread recognises it and serves that repo next to the main one.
What it helps with
- Trace how a third-party library actually implements a function
- Find which module in a repo holds a given piece of logic
- Pull a project's docs repo together with its source
- Check an API's behaviour before adding the dependency
- Settle a docs-versus-code mismatch from the implementation
Example prompts for the agent
- Open the source of the library listed in my
package.jsonand show me where it parses the config. - Find this project's docs repo and compare the API it describes with the code.
- Read
.agents/skills/gread/SKILL.mdand tell me which queries you can run through gread.
How to install gread
Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http gread https://api.gread.dev/mcpPlatform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add gread --url https://api.gread.dev/mcpConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"gread": {
"url": "https://api.gread.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"gread": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.gread.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http gread https://api.gread.dev/mcpStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about gread
How do I install gread in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add --transport http gread https://api.gread.dev/mcp. The endpoint is hosted, so no local process starts on your machine.
What does gread do?
It hands an agent the source code of public GitHub repos. When a project keeps docs in their own repo, it fetches that one too.
Do I need the skill or the MCP server?
Either one. Coding agents can use the skill, added with npx skills add https://github.com/NitroRCr/gread --skill gread; chat apps and other MCP clients connect to the server.
