Fetches all files in the current directory and outputs them in a Markdown file.
Codefetch MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Codefetch directly instead of describing what you should do. Fetches all files in the current directory and outputs them in a Markdown file.
Codefetch is a powerful tool that converts git repositories and local codebases into structured Markdown files optimized for Large Language Models (LLMs). It intelligently collects, processes, and formats code while respecting ignore patterns and providing token counting for various AI models.
codefetch on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Once Codefetch is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Configuration — // Processing options projectTree: 2, // Tree depth (0 to disable) projectTreeSkipIgnoreFiles: false, // Set to true to show ignored files in treeYou will need one environment variable: GITHUB_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Codefetch's toolset — Configuration — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by regenrek; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Configuration | // Processing options projectTree: 2, // Tree depth (0 to disable) projectTreeSkipIgnoreFiles: false, // Set to true to show ignored files in tree tokenEncoder: "cl100k", tokenLimiter: "truncated", |
{
"mcpServers": {
"codefetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "codefetch"],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GITHUB_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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