Databutton MCP Server

Official

local-only server

The server can only run on the client’s local machine because it depends on local resources.

Integrations

  • The Databutton MCP server helps build and deploy Python APIs/MCPs for creating business applications.

  • The Databutton MCP server helps build and deploy frontends using React.

Databutton MCP Server

Databutton's (https://www.databutton.com/) AI agent builds and deploys frontends and backends in React and Python APIs/MCPs, for building beautiful business apps with unbounded complexity.

The agent has a planning mode for generating an initial plan for your app.

This MCP server is for doing doing initial app planning and creating a good starting point for an app.

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install databutton-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @databutton/databutton-mcp --client claude

Installing Manually

To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{ "mcpServers": { "databutton": { "command": "/path/to/databutton/build/index.js" } } }

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the server:

npm run build

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.

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security – no known vulnerabilities
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license - permissive license
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quality - confirmed to work

An MCP server for doing doing initial app planning and creating a good starting point in Databutton – it starts a new app and generates the initial MVP tasks

  1. Installation
    1. Installing via Smithery
      1. Installing Manually
      2. Development
        1. Debugging