Make git commits on behalf of AI, so that you can track AI contribution in your codebase.
This is a TypeScript-based MCP server that provides a tool to commit staged changes in a Git repository while appending "(aider)" to the committer's name.
This MCP server provides only one tool:
commit_staged - Commit staged changes with a specific message.
- Takes
message(string, required) as the commit message. - Takes
cwd(string, optional) to specify the working directory for the git command. - Appends "(aider)" to the committer name automatically.
- Reads committer name and email from environment variables (
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME,GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL) if set, otherwise falls back togit config user.nameandgit config user.email.
With this tool installed in your code editor, you can prompt the AI by something like:
Commit the changes for me
This usually happens after the AI has made some changes to your codebase, so often times AI is able to provide a good commit message from the context.
Commits with "(aider)" can be picked up by aider --stats command, which will show you the contribution of AI in your codebase.
To use this server, add its configuration to your MCP settings file.
{
"mcpServers": {
"git-commit-aider": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["mcp-git-commit-aider"]
}
}
}The committer information is retrieved from:
- Environment variables
GIT_COMMITTER_NAMEandGIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL, which follows git's convention. - Output of
git config user.nameandgit config user.emailcommands.
Install dependencies:
npm installBuild the server:
npm run buildFor development with auto-rebuild:
npm run watchSample MCP config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"git-commit-aider": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/git-commit-aider/build/index.js"
]
}
}
}(Replace /path/to/git-commit-aider with the actual path to this server directory.)
Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:
npm run inspectorThe Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.