Free MCP Server for Shadcn UI
Free MCP (Model Context Protocol) server connects Claude, Cursor, and AI coding tools to shadcn/ui React components. Get accurate TypeScript component props for Next.js applications without AI hallucinations.
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Stop Fighting with AI Tools That Don't Know Your React Components
Building Next.js applications with AI coding tools should be seamless. But you ask Claude or Cursor about a shadcn/ui React component and it confidently tells you about TypeScript props that don't exist. Or suggests patterns from 2022. Or just makes stuff up entirely.
Here's what's actually happening: your AI coding tool is guessing. It's working from whatever it vaguely remembers from training, not from actual React component code with TypeScript definitions.
Enter MCP (and why you should care)
MCP—Model Context Protocol—is basically what happens when someone realizes AI coding tools need to see real React component code with TypeScript, not just remember it.
Our free MCP server connects your AI tools directly to the shadcn/ui component registry for Next.js applications. No more hallucinated props. No more outdated patterns. Just current, working React component knowledge.
https://www.shadcn.io/api/mcpWhat this actually means for your workflow
| Prompt | Without MCP | With MCP |
|---|---|---|
| "How do I customize the Dialog component?" | Generic modal advice that has nothing to do with shadcn/ui | Exact TypeScript props, CSS variables, and animation patterns from the actual Dialog implementation |
| "Show me Button variants" | Maybe mentions primary/secondary if you're lucky | All 6 actual variants with real React component examples |
| "I need a color picker" | Random npm package suggestions | The actual color picker from the shadcn/ui community registry for Next.js |
| "Add loading state to Button" | Suggests custom CSS or third-party libraries | Shows exact TypeScript interface and variant implementation from shadcn/ui Button component |
The difference? Your AI coding tool can now see the React components with TypeScript. Like, actually see them. Not guess about them.
What you get with our MCP server
Think of it as giving your AI coding tool the same access you have when browsing the shadcn.io registry:
- Real React component implementations - Your AI sees the actual TypeScript code, not what it thinks the code might be
- Community components too - Not just the core shadcn/ui stuff—the entire community registry with all those specialized React components you actually need
- Current patterns that work - When Next.js updates or TypeScript best practices change, your AI knows about it immediately
- Your setup, understood - Whether you're on Next.js, Vite, or whatever—the AI gets framework-specific guidance that actually applies to your React project