{"id":"textual-mcp-server","name":"textual-mcp-server","homepage":"https://pypi.org/project/textual-mcp-server/","repo_url":"https://github.com/discohead/textual-mcp-server","category":"devtools","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","textual","tui","automation","testing","headless","agent-interfaces","ui-inspection"],"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server that enables AI agents to run Textual (Python TUI) applications headlessly and interact with them via MCP tools: lifecycle management (launch/stop), UI interaction (click/hover/type/press), state inspection (snapshots, widget queries/properties, screen stack), waiting, error checking, and screenshot capture.","use_cases":["Automated testing of Textual TUI apps using LLM-driven interaction","Agentic UI inspection/debugging of Textual apps (widget tree/state/screen stack)","Regression testing for interactive CLI/TUI flows (forms, tables, navigation)","Headless demos or verification workflows for Textual interfaces"],"not_for":["Production-grade secure multi-tenant automation without additional hardening","Use cases requiring a managed cloud API with strong uptime/SLA guarantees","Browser/web UI automation (this is for Textual TUIs, not HTML/CSS pages)"],"best_when":"You control the Textual app codebase and execution environment, and you want an agent to drive and inspect a TUI deterministically in a local/headless setting.","avoid_when":"You need fine-grained authorization, remote multi-tenant safety, or strong contractual guarantees about availability and backward compatibility.","alternatives":["Direct use of Textual Pilot/testing APIs (without MCP)","Selenium/Playwright-style automation equivalents for TUIs (if available) or custom harnesses","Other MCP servers targeting UI frameworks (if present) or generic browser automation MCP servers"],"af_score":67.2,"security_score":19.2,"reliability_score":26.2,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["pypi"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:42:18.163399+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["No explicit authentication described (assumes local/process-based MCP usage)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"README does not describe any auth mechanism for the MCP server (no API keys/OAuth/scopes mentioned)."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Open-source project (MIT). No hosted pricing described."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":67.2,"security_score":19.2,"reliability_score":26.2,"mcp_server_quality":80.0,"documentation_accuracy":75.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":"README mentions automatic error tracking via message hooks and a tool to check collected errors, but does not show concrete error schemas/codes or example payloads.","auth_complexity":95.0,"rate_limit_clarity":5.0,"tls_enforcement":10.0,"auth_strength":10.0,"scope_granularity":0.0,"dependency_hygiene":45.0,"secret_handling":40.0,"security_notes":"No authentication/authorization model is described for the MCP server; this is a local-process oriented tool but could be exposed if misconfigured. No transport/TLS details are provided. Dependency info and vulnerability posture are not provided in the supplied content. Since it can execute/launch arbitrary local Textual apps (via file/module paths), there is an inherent risk of code execution if an untrusted agent can call launch with attacker-controlled targets.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":40.0,"breaking_changes_history":20.0,"error_recovery":45.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":"No idempotency semantics described for tools like launch/click/type; repeated calls may mutate app state.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["UI operations are stateful: using click/type without first snapshot/waiting may fail if widgets are not yet present.","CSS selectors must match the widget tree; selector mismatches will likely yield empty results/errors.","Multi-session support exists conceptually; agents should keep track of session_id to avoid cross-session confusion."]}}