{"id":"ymadd-shadcn-ui-mcp-server","name":"shadcn-ui-mcp-server","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/ymadd/shadcn-ui-mcp-server","category":"devtools","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","model-context-protocol","shadcn-ui","developer-tools","documentation","search","stdio"],"what_it_does":"An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides AI assistants reference data for shadcn/ui components (component lists, details, examples, and keyword search). It scrapes and caches information from ui.shadcn.com and the shadcn/ui GitHub repository, exposing this via MCP tools over stdio.","use_cases":["Ask an AI to list available shadcn/ui components","Retrieve structured component docs (props/variants/usage) for a given component name","Get copyable usage examples/snippets for implementing a UI component","Support component search by keyword for faster discovery during development"],"not_for":["Production systems that require a stable, officially versioned API for shadcn/ui documentation without periodic scraping risk","Environments that cannot make outbound network requests to ui.shadcn.com / GitHub","Use cases needing fine-grained access control or multi-tenant authorization"],"best_when":"During interactive development with an MCP-capable IDE/agent that benefits from local stdio tools to fetch component references.","avoid_when":"When you need strict guarantees about doc correctness/consistency over time, or when data egress/caching policies disallow scraping external sites.","alternatives":["Directly query shadcn/ui docs via browsing (manual or custom scraper)","Build/maintain a local searchable component reference index from shadcn/ui sources","Use an existing MCP server for general docs/search (if available) and keep shadcn/ui context in your own retrieval layer"],"af_score":60.0,"security_score":39.8,"reliability_score":22.5,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:19:43.064227+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":[],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"No authentication is described; MCP runs locally (stdio) via the client/desktop configuration."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing information provided; appears to be open-source tooling distributed via npm (MIT)."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":60.0,"security_score":39.8,"reliability_score":22.5,"mcp_server_quality":72.0,"documentation_accuracy":75.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":95.0,"rate_limit_clarity":20.0,"tls_enforcement":60.0,"auth_strength":20.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":45.0,"secret_handling":70.0,"security_notes":"Security posture is mostly about local execution and data retrieval. TLS enforcement for outbound scraping is assumed (but not explicitly stated). No auth/scopes are documented (low access control). The server likely performs outbound HTTP to ui.shadcn.com and GitHub (potential data exposure to third parties) and may execute parsing/scraping logic (cheerio) whose input is untrusted HTML—robust parsing and safe handling are important. No details are provided about secret management or whether logs could leak data.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":35.0,"breaking_changes_history":25.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Scraping/caching implies freshness may lag and behavior may change if upstream HTML/pages change","Runtime relies on stdio MCP; debugging may require MCP Inspector as noted in the README","Without documented rate limits, agents should avoid aggressive repeated queries (especially during cache warmup)","Tool outputs may be large (component examples/props), so agents should request only what they need"]}}