Feature Request: Please add STDIO transport support alongside existing SSE
Author: githb-acCreated Apr 27, 2026Updated Apr 27, 2026
Feature Request
GitMCP currently supports SSE transport only.
Please add STDIO transport as an alternative connection method.
Why
Many agent frameworks and CLI-based MCP orchestrators (e.g. mcp2cli) operate primarily over STDIO. Having to handle SSE separately from STDIO-based MCP servers adds unnecessary complexity for teams running fully local or self-hosted agent pipelines.
Proposed Solution
Support STDIO as an optional transport alongside the existing SSE, following the same pattern as other dual-transport MCP servers. This would allow users to connect via:
npx gitmcp --stdio {owner}/{repo}or via a local wrapper that proxies STDIO to the existing SSE endpoint.
Impact
Would make GitMCP fully compatible with STDIO-first agent pipelines without requiring any changes to existing SSE users.
Source: idosal/git-mcp