Assistant-UI MCP Docs Server#

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI assistants with direct access to assistant-ui's documentation and examples.

📖 Full Documentation
For detailed installation instructions, troubleshooting, and advanced usage, visit the complete documentation.

Installation#

Claude Code#

# Add to current project
claude mcp add assistant-ui -- npx -y @assistant-ui/mcp-docs-server

# Or add globally for all projects
claude mcp add --scope user assistant-ui -- npx -y @assistant-ui/mcp-docs-server

Claude Desktop#

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "assistant-ui": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@assistant-ui/mcp-docs-server"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor#

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "assistant-ui": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@assistant-ui/mcp-docs-server"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf#

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "assistant-ui": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@assistant-ui/mcp-docs-server"]
    }
  }
}

VSCode#

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your project:

{
  "servers": {
    "assistant-ui": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@assistant-ui/mcp-docs-server"],
      "type": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

Zed#

Add to settings.json (open via cmd+, or zed: open settings):

{
  "context_servers": {
    "assistant-ui": {
      "command": {
        "path": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "@assistant-ui/mcp-docs-server"],
        "env": {}
      },
      "settings": {}
    }
  }
}

Tools#

assistantUIDocs - Retrieve documentation by path
assistantUIExamples - Access complete example projects

Managing the Server#

Claude Code#

# View configured servers
claude mcp list

# Get server details
claude mcp get assistant-ui

# Remove the server
claude mcp remove assistant-ui

# Restart the server
claude mcp restart assistant-ui

License#

MIT