# gk-cli MCP Server

The GitKraken MCP Server for managing repos, PRs, issues across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and more.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/gitkraken/gk-cli)

**GitHub popularity:** 462 stars on [gitkraken/gk-cli](gitkraken/gk-cli), recorded 2026-09-27.

## Status

Pod has not dialled gk-cli yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `@gitkraken/gk` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gk-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gitkraken/gk"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Reviewed GitHub reports

**5 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review.** This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 1.

### Most discussed

### [BUG] help should not actually perform anything

### Description

I'm trying to upgrade `gk-cli`'s package on [nixpkgs](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=gk-cli&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=gk-cli)

When i run one of the following commands :

```sh
gk --help
gk version
```

I got the following error :

```txt
Installing GitKraken core
cannot remove old binary: remove /etc/profiles/per-user/pinage404/bin/gk: read-only file system.
please, check if some MCP server is running, and shut it down
```

I am…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gitkraken/gk-cli/issues/136) · 2025-08-02 · open · external user · 10 comments

[See all 5 reviewed GitHub reports](/mcp/gk-cli/issues).

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used gk-cli yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

## For agents

Use Pod's public read-only MCP endpoint, `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, to search the canonical directory from your agent. [Connect Pod to an agent](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/endpoints).

<details>
<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find gk-cli, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "gk-cli",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=gk-cli' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/gk-cli.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/gk-cli.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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