Research → repository
Save a plan, decision or brief where the next coding session can use it.
Think in ChatGPT.
Commit safely to GitHub.
Forge is the safe handoff between a conversation and your repository: research, visual reviews and small edits become real commits and draft pull requests. It never runs code. It holds proposed work for your review.
Server
https://timcoy.uk/forge/mcpClient support varies by plan and surface. Read and screenshot tools remain useful where write actions are unavailable.
Three useful first jobs
Live page → visual review
See phone and desktop, then record the findings or make a small correction.
Proposed edit → draft PR
Hold implementation or risky work for review before it becomes repository truth.
Five tools. Two need you.
- forge_read
Your repos, a repo’s files, or what a change did
no approval - forge_edit
Commits files directly or holds one change for review
no approval - forge_merge
Sends one link to land a change on main
you approve - forge_discard
Sends one link to throw a change away
you approve - forge_see
Captures a public page at phone and desktop
no approval
You never name a branch — describe the work, and say those words again to continue it. A commit is on GitHub the moment a tool returns.
Setting up
Add the server to your client
ChatGPT: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode. Claude: Settings → Connectors.
https://timcoy.uk/forge/mcpChatGPT custom write support currently depends on plan, workspace and surface. Use the actions your client enables.
Continue with GitHub
Your client opens a Forge page, then GitHub asks whether to let Forge act as you. That is the last time tokens come up.
Choose what it may touch
Authorizing says who you are. Installing says which repositories — all of them or a few, changeable any time from GitHub.
What it costs
Freeresearch preview, open to anyone
30screenshots per day
Unlimitedreads, commits and merges
No runnerForge does not execute code; repository automation may react to commits
What it will not do
- Run code
Use a coding agent for builds, tests, commands and deployments
- Open many changes
Each repository has one Forge change
- See private pages
Captures need a URL that is already public
- Keep a copy
GitHub is the only place your work lives