TemplUI MCP Server

🚀 The fastest way to integrate TemplUI components into your AI workflow

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI assistants with comprehensive access to TemplUI components. Get component source code, documentation, examples, and metadata for building Go applications with the templ templating language.

✨ Key Features

• 🎯 Go Templ Support - Native support for Go's templ templating language

• 📦 Component Source Code - Latest TemplUI component implementations

• 🎨 Component Demos - Example implementations and usage patterns

• 📋 Documentation Access - Complete component documentation from templui.io

• 🔧 JavaScript Integration - Client-side functionality for interactive components

• 📊 Metadata Extraction - Component properties, variants, and configuration details

• ⚡ Smart Caching - Efficient GitHub API integration with rate limit handling

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🚀 Quick Start

# Basic usage (60 requests/hour)
npx templui-mcp-server

# With GitHub token (5000 requests/hour) - Recommended
npx templui-mcp-server --github-api-key ghp_your_token_here

# Use cached documentation
npx templui-mcp-server --use-cached-docs

🎯 Get your GitHub token in 2 minutes: GitHub Personal Access Tokens

📚 Available Tools

🎨 Supported Components

TemplUI provides 42 components across multiple categories:

Form Components

• Button, Input, Textarea, Checkbox, Radio, Select Box

• Date Picker, Time Picker, Input OTP, Tags Input

• Form, Label, Switch, Rating, Slider

Layout Components

• Card, Separator, Aspect Ratio, Accordion, Table

• Collapsible, Sheet, Sidebar

Navigation Components

• Breadcrumb, Pagination, Tabs

Overlay Components

• Dialog, Dropdown, Popover, Tooltip

Feedback Components

• Alert, Toast, Progress, Skeleton, Copy Button

Display Components

• Avatar, Badge, Icon, Code, Chart, Carousel

🛠️ Installation & Setup

1. Install the Package

# Global installation (optional)
npm install -g templui-mcp-server

# Or use npx (recommended)
npx templui-mcp-server --help

2. Get GitHub Token (Recommended)

# Visit: https://github.com/settings/tokens
# Generate token with no scopes needed for public repositories
export GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here

3. Test the Server

# Run server
templui-mcp-server --github-api-key ghp_your_token_here

# Server will start and wait for MCP client connections

🔌 Integration with AI Tools

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "templui": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["templui-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "ghp_your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code with Continue.dev

Add to your Continue configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "templui",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["templui-mcp-server", "--github-api-key", "ghp_your_token_here"]
    }
  ]
}

Cursor

Configure in Cursor's MCP settings:

{
  "templui": {
    "command": "templui-mcp-server",
    "args": ["--github-api-key", "ghp_your_token_here"]
  }
}

📖 Usage Examples

Get Component Source Code

// AI Assistant can request:
use_tool("get_component", { "componentName": "button" })

// Returns Go templ source code with helpful comments

Get Component Documentation

// AI Assistant can request:
use_tool("get_component_docs", { "componentName": "dialog" })

// Returns formatted documentation with installation and examples

List Components by Category

// AI Assistant can request:
use_tool("list_components", { "category": "form" })

// Returns all form-related components

Get Component Examples

// AI Assistant can request:
use_tool("get_component_demo", { "componentName": "carousel" })

// Returns example implementations from the showcase

⚙️ Configuration

Command Line Options

templui-mcp-server [options]

Options:
  --github-api-key <token>    GitHub personal access token
  --use-cached-docs          Use cached documentation  
  --log-level <level>        Set log level (error, warn, info, debug)
  --help                     Show help message

Environment Variables

GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN  # GitHub token for API access
TEMPLUI_DOCS_PATH            # Path to documentation files
TEMPLUI_CACHE_DIR            # Cache directory location
LOG_LEVEL                    # Logging level

🎯 Use Cases

• 🤖 AI-Powered Development - Let AI assistants build UIs with TemplUI components

• 📚 Component Discovery - Explore available components and their usage patterns

• 🚀 Rapid Prototyping - Get complete component implementations quickly

• 📝 Code Generation - Generate Go templ code with proper imports and structure

• 🎓 Learning Go Templ - Understand component patterns and best practices

📁 Project Structure

templui-mcp-server/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts              # CLI entry point
│   ├── server/               # MCP server implementation
│   ├── tools/                # Tool implementations
│   ├── utils/                # Utilities (GitHub, docs, cache)
│   ├── data/                 # Component metadata
│   └── cli/                  # Command line interface
├── samples/                  # Sample data (documentation)
├── package.json
└── README.md

🔧 Development

Building from Source

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/tggo/templui-mcp-server.git
cd templui-mcp-server

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build TypeScript
npm run build

# Run development version
npm run dev

Updating Components

To sync with the latest TemplUI components:

# Automated update (recommended)
npm run update:components

# Dry run to see changes
npm run update:components:dry-run

# Update without publishing to npm
npm run update:components:no-publish

The update script will:

• Discover new components from TemplUI repository

• Update static component list

• Bump version number

• Update documentation

• Commit, tag, and push to GitHub

• Publish to npm (if logged in)

Adding Documentation

Place TemplUI documentation files in samples/templui-site-doc/:

samples/templui-site-doc/
├── templui.io_docs_components_button.md
├── templui.io_docs_components_dialog.md
└── ...

🐛 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. Rate Limit Exceeded

   Error: API rate limit exceeded
   Solution: Provide GitHub token with --github-api-key

2. Documentation Not Found

   Error: Documentation directory not found
   Solution: Ensure samples/templui-site-doc exists with markdown files

3. Component Not Found

   Error: Component "xyz" not found
   Solution: Use list_components to see available components

Debug Mode

# Enable debug logging
templui-mcp-server --log-level debug --github-api-key ghp_your_token

📄 API Reference

Tool Schemas

All tools follow consistent parameter patterns:

interface ComponentRequest {
  componentName: string;  // Required for most tools
}

interface ListRequest {
  category?: string;      // Optional category filter
}

Response Format

Tools return content in MCP-standard format:

{
  content: [
    {
      type: "text",
      text: "Component source code or documentation"
    }
  ]
}

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch

3. Make your changes

4. Add tests if applicable

5. Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• TemplUI Team - For the amazing Go templ component library

• Go Templ - For the excellent templating language

• Anthropic - For the Model Context Protocol specification

Made with ❤️ for the Go and TemplUI community

Star ⭐ this repo if you find it helpful!

🔗 Links

• TemplUI Documentation

• Go Templ Guide

• Model Context Protocol

• GitHub Repository

• Issues & Support