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PokeAPI MCP Server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in TypeScript that wraps PokéAPI v2 — the largest Pokémon RESTful API (1300+ species, 900+ moves, 300+ abilities, 18 types). Ships as both an npm package and a VS Code extension.

Packages

Package

Description

Docs

pokeapi-mcp-server

MCP server (npm/CLI)

README →

pokeapi-mcp-extension

VS Code extension

README →

Related MCP server: Pokédex MCP Server

Quick Start

Option 1: VS Code Extension (recommended)

Install from the marketplace — the extension handles everything automatically:

ext install bhayanak.pokeapi-mcp-extension

VS Code provides built-in start / stop / restart controls. Your AI assistant gets access to all 12 tools immediately.

Option 2: npm / CLI

npm install -g pokeapi-mcp-server
pokeapi-mcp-server

Or use with Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pokeapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pokeapi-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

12 MCP Tools

Category

Tools

What They Do

Pokémon

pokemon_get, pokemon_search

Lookup & search by type/generation

Types

pokemon_get_type, pokemon_type_matchup

Type details & effectiveness calculator

Moves

pokemon_get_move, pokemon_search_moves

Move database & filtered search

Abilities

pokemon_get_ability

Ability effects & Pokémon lists

Evolution

pokemon_get_evolution_chain

Full evolution trees with conditions

Species

pokemon_get_species

Flavor text, habitat, egg groups

Items

pokemon_get_item

Item details, effects, categories

Analysis

pokemon_compare, pokemon_type_coverage

Side-by-side stats & team coverage

License

MIT © bhayanak

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build all packages
pnpm run build

# Run the MCP server (stdio mode)
cd packages/pokeapi-server && pnpm run dev

MCP Tools

Tool

Description

pokemon_get

Get detailed Pokémon data (stats, types, abilities, moves)

pokemon_search

Search Pokémon by type, generation, or browse

pokemon_get_type

Get type details and damage relations

pokemon_type_matchup

Check type effectiveness

pokemon_get_move

Get move details (power, accuracy, effect)

pokemon_search_moves

Search moves by criteria

pokemon_get_ability

Get ability details

pokemon_get_evolution_chain

Get evolution chain with conditions

pokemon_get_species

Get species data (flavor text, habitat, catch rate)

pokemon_get_item

Get item details

pokemon_compare

Compare 2-4 Pokémon side-by-side

pokemon_type_coverage

Analyze team type coverage

Configuration

Variable

Default

Description

POKEAPI_MCP_BASE_URL

https://pokeapi.co/api/v2

API base URL

POKEAPI_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS

86400000 (24hr)

Cache TTL

POKEAPI_MCP_CACHE_MAX_SIZE

500

Max cache entries

POKEAPI_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS

10000

HTTP timeout

POKEAPI_MCP_LANGUAGE

en

Preferred language

Development

pnpm run typecheck   # TypeScript type checking
pnpm run lint        # ESLint with security rules
pnpm run test        # Run tests
pnpm run build       # Build all packages

License

MIT

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