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Magic UI

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Provides code implementation details and installation instructions for Magic UI's component library through an MCP server. Access dozens of pre-built React components including animations, buttons, backgrounds, and device mockups.

Provides structured access to Magic UI's component library for generating accurate code suggestions with proper installation instructions for implementing visually appealing UI elements in web applications.

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What it does

  • Generate code for UI components like marquee, bento-grid, and dock
  • Get implementation details for animated buttons and text effects
  • Access device mockup components for Safari and iPhone
  • Retrieve background patterns and grid animations
  • Get special effects like animated beams and particle systems
  • Browse comprehensive component library with installation instructions

Best for

Frontend developers building React applicationsDesigners implementing interactive UI componentsTeams needing quick access to pre-built animations and effects
60+ specialized UI componentsSupports multiple IDE clientsOne-command installation setup

About Magic UI

Magic UI is an official MCP server published by magicuidesign that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Explore Magic UI, a React UI library offering structured component access, code suggestions, and installation guides for It is categorized under developer tools, design. This server exposes 8 tools that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.

How to install

You can install Magic UI in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport. This server supports remote connections over HTTP, so no local installation is required.

License

Magic UI is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.

Tools (8)

getUIComponents

Provides a comprehensive list of all Magic UI components.

getComponents

Provides implementation details for 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 components.

getDeviceMocks

Provides implementation details for safari, iphone-15-pro, android components.

getSpecialEffects

Provides implementation details for animated-beam, border-beam, shine-border, magic-card, meteors, neon-gradient-card, confetti, particles, cool-mode, scratch-to-reveal components.

getAnimations

Provides implementation details for blur-fade components.

@magicuidesign/mcp

npm version

Official ModelContextProtocol (MCP) server for Magic UI.

MCP

Install MCP configuration

npx @magicuidesign/cli@latest install <client>

Supported Clients

  • cursor
  • windsurf
  • claude
  • cline
  • roo-cline

Manual Installation

Add to your IDE's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "magicuidesign-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@magicuidesign/mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Example Usage

Once configured, you can questions like:

"Make a marquee of logos"

"Add a blur fade text animation"

"Add a grid background"

Available Tools

The server provides the following tools callable via MCP:

Tool NameDescription
getUIComponentsProvides a comprehensive list of all Magic UI components.
listRegistryItemsLists Magic UI registry items with optional filters like kind, query, and limit.
searchRegistryItemsSearches Magic UI registry items by keyword or use case and returns ranked matches.
getRegistryItemReturns details for a single registry item, including install instructions and optional source, related items, and examples.
getLayoutProvides implementation details for bento-grid, dock, file-tree, grid-pattern, interactive-grid-pattern, dot-pattern components.
getMediaProvides implementation details for hero-video-dialog, terminal, marquee, script-copy-btn, code-comparison components.
getMotionProvides implementation details for blur-fade, scroll-progress, scroll-based-velocity, orbiting-circles, animated-circular-progress-bar components.
getTextRevealProvides implementation details for text-animate, line-shadow-text, aurora-text, animated-shiny-text, animated-gradient-text, text-reveal, typing-animation, box-reveal, number-ticker components.
getTextEffectsProvides implementation details for word-rotate, flip-text, hyper-text, morphing-text, spinning-text, sparkles-text components.
getButtonsProvides implementation details for rainbow-button, shimmer-button, shiny-button, interactive-hover-button, animated-subscribe-button, pulsating-button, ripple-button components.
getEffectsProvides implementation details for animated-beam, border-beam, shine-border, magic-card, meteors, neon-gradient-card, confetti, particles, cool-mode, scratch-to-reveal components.
getWidgetsProvides implementation details for animated-list, tweet-card, client-tweet-card, lens, pointer, avatar-circles, icon-cloud, globe components.
getBackgroundsProvides implementation details for warp-background, flickering-grid, animated-grid-pattern, retro-grid, ripple components.
getDevicesProvides implementation details for safari, iphone-15-pro, android components.

MCP Limitations

Some clients have a limit on the number of tools they can call. This is why we opted to group the tools into categories. Note: For more specific context on each component, run the MCP locally and modify the logic that groups the components.

Credits

Big thanks to @beaubhp for creating the MCP server 🙏

MIT

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