Gist MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Gist MCP or direct API to create new gists, fetch and summarize existing gists, update shared code, and manage gist privacy settings through natural language.

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GitHub Gist is a service for sharing code snippets and notes. It makes it easy to collaborate and organize your code or text, publicly or privately.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Gist action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Check Gist Star

Check if the authenticated user has starred a specific gist.

Create Gist

Tool to create a new gist with one or more files.

Create Gist Comment

Tool to create a comment on a gist.

Delete Gist

Tool to delete a gist.

Delete Gist Comment

Tool to delete a comment on a gist.

Fork Gist

Tool to fork a gist.

Get Gist

Tool to retrieve a specific gist by its ID.

Get Gist Comment

Tool to get a specific comment on a gist.

Get Gist Revision

Tool to retrieve a specific gist revision.

List Gist Comments

Tool to list comments on a gist.

List Gist Commits

Tool to list the commit history of a gist.

List Gist Forks

Tool to list forks of a gist.

List Gists

Tool to list the authenticated user's gists or all public gists if called anonymously.

List Public Gists

Tool to list public gists sorted by most recently updated.

List Starred Gists

Tool to list the authenticated user's starred gists.

List User Gists

Tool to list public gists for a specified GitHub user.

Star a Gist

Star a GitHub gist.

Unstar a Gist

Unstar a GitHub gist.

Update Gist

Tool to update a gist's description and files.

Update Gist Comment

Tool to update a Gist comment.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Gist MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["gist"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to Gist and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "List all my public and private gists",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Gist request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Gist API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["gist"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Gist
3

Run Gist tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "List all my public and private gists" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the Gist tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Gist Integration

  • Supports both Gist MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Gist data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in API key handling with secure storage
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Gist access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Gist
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Gist resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Gist requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your Gist connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

Create the key in your Gist account settings, then paste it once on Composio's connection page. Composio stores it encrypted and uses it only for the Gist actions your agent runs. Nobody else in your workspace can read it, and you can revoke it inside Gist at any time.

When you connect a Gist account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in Gist as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Whatever the credentials you connect allow inside Gist. If Gist lets you scope a key to specific permissions, create a scoped one so the agent can only do what you intend. You can revoke the key inside Gist at any time.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each Gist connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

The connection stops working the moment Gist rejects the old key. Create a new key in Gist and reconnect the account from the Composio dashboard or by asking your agent to reconnect Gist. Nothing else changes.

Composio's free Hobby plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal Gist use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your Gist plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple Gist accounts).

With Composio, you connect Gist once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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