What is MagicUI MCP?
MagicUI MCP is the official ModelContextProtocol server for Magic UI, enabling AI assistants to access information about Magic UI components, including their implementation details and available features.
How to use MagicUI MCP?
To use MagicUI MCP, install the Cursor IDE, configure the MCP server in the Cursor settings, and restart Cursor to access Magic UI tools.
Key features of MagicUI MCP?
- Provides a comprehensive list of all available Magic UI components.
- Retrieves implementation details and code examples for specific components across various categories such as Core, Special Effects, and Animations.
Use cases of MagicUI MCP?
- Accessing a list of Magic UI components for development.
- Retrieving code examples for specific UI components.
- Integrating Magic UI features into applications using AI assistants.
FAQ from MagicUI MCP?
- How do I install MagicUI MCP?
You can install it via npm using the command
npm install @magicuidesign/mcp
.
- What is the purpose of the MCP server?
The MCP server allows AI tools to interact with and retrieve information about Magic UI components.
- Can I run MagicUI MCP locally?
Yes, you can run it locally by following the setup instructions provided in the documentation.
@magicuidesign/mcp
Official ModelContextProtocol (MCP) server for Magic UI.
This server enables AI assistants like Cursor to access information about Magic UI components, including lists of available components and their implementation details.
Features
- Get a list of all available Magic UI components.
- Retrieve implementation details and code examples for specific components across various categories (Core, Special Effects, Animations, Text, Buttons, Backgrounds, Device Mocks).
Setup with Cursor (or Claude Desktop)
- Install Cursor: Ensure you have the Cursor IDE installed.
- Configure Cursor's MCP: You need to tell Cursor how to run your MCP server.
- Locate or create the MCP configuration file. On macOS/Linux, this is typically at
~/.cursor/mcp.json
. On Windows, it might be%USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json
. - Edit the
mcp.json
file.- If the file doesn't exist or is empty: Create it with the following content:
{ "mcpServers": { "magicui-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@magicuidesign/mcp" ] } } }
- If the file exists and has other servers: Add the
magicui-mcp
block inside the existingmcpServers
object:{ "mcpServers": { // ... other servers might be here ... "magicui-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@magicuidesign/mcp" ] } } }
- If the file doesn't exist or is empty: Create it with the following content:
- Locate or create the MCP configuration file. On macOS/Linux, this is typically at
- Restart Cursor: Close and reopen Cursor to apply the changes.
- Verify: Look for the Magic UI tools (like
getUIComponents
,getComponents
, etc.) being available in Cursor's AI chat interface or MCP status indicators.
Note: This setup relies on npx
successfully fetching and running the latest published version of @magicuidesign/mcp
from npm. Ensure you have published a version that includes the #!/usr/bin/env node
shebang in the main script (dist/server.js
) and has all necessary dependencies.
Example Usage in Cursor
Once configured, you can ask Cursor questions like:
"List all Magic UI components using the
getUIComponents
tool."
"Show me the implementation details for the Magic UI Marquee component using the
getComponents
tool."
"Get the code for the Neon Gradient Card effect from Magic UI."
Development Setup
Running with Inspector
For development and debugging, you can use the MCP Inspector tool:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx -y @magicuidesign/mcp
Visit the Inspector documentation for more details.
Local Development
- Clone the repository:
git clone magicuidesign/mcp cd mcp # Or your project directory name
- Install dependencies:
npm install
- Build the project: (Compiles TypeScript to JavaScript in
dist/
)npm run build
- For development with auto-rebuilding: (Requires
tsc-watch
or similar setup inpackage.json
)
(You might need to add anpm run watch # Or: tsc -w
watch
script to yourpackage.json
if it doesn't exist:"watch": "tsc -w"
)
Available Tools
The server provides the following tools callable via MCP:
getUIComponents
: Provides a comprehensive list of all Magic UI components.getComponents
: Provides implementation details for core components (marquee, terminal, hero-video-dialog, bento-grid, animated-list, dock, globe, tweet-card, client-tweet-card, orbiting-circles, avatar-circles, icon-cloud, animated-circular-progress-bar, file-tree, code-comparison, script-copy-btn, scroll-progress, lens, pointer).getDeviceMocks
: Provides implementation details for device mock components (safari, iphone-15-pro, android).getSpecialEffects
: Provides implementation details for special effect components (animated-beam, border-beam, shine-border, magic-card, meteors, neon-gradient-card, confetti, particles, cool-mode, scratch-to-reveal).getAnimations
: Provides implementation details for animation components (blur-fade).getTextAnimations
: Provides implementation details for text animation components (text-animate, line-shadow-text, aurora-text, number-ticker, animated-shiny-text, animated-gradient-text, text-reveal, hyper-text, word-rotate, typing-animation, scroll-based-velocity, flip-text, box-reveal, sparkles-text, morphing-text, spinning-text).getButtons
: Provides implementation details for button components (rainbow-button, shimmer-button, shiny-button, interactive-hover-button, animated-subscribe-button, pulsating-button, ripple-button).getBackgrounds
: Provides implementation details for background components (warp-background, flickering-grid, animated-grid-pattern, retro-grid, ripple, dot-pattern, grid-pattern, interactive-grid-pattern).
Installation (as a dependency)
While primarily intended as a standalone MCP server run via npx
, you can also install it as a dependency if needed:
npm install @magicuidesign/mcp
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