Setup guide

Set up aceternityui-mcp in Cursor

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless integration with the Aceternity UI component registry. This package enables AI assistants and applications to search, discover, and install Aceternity UI components programmatically.

01Configuration

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

Add this to .cursor/mcp.json. Generated from the captured install method (npx); the mcpServers shape is shared across Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code.

02Steps

Make sure Cursor is installed and up to date.
Open .cursor/mcp.json and add the block above (merge into any existing mcpServers).
Provide any required API keys/credentials as environment variables.
Restart Cursor and confirm aceternityui-mcp’s tools appear.

03Other runtimes

Claude Desktop Windsurf Cline Continue Goose VS Code OpenAI Agents SDK LangGraph CrewAI

04Provenance

config_sourcegenerated from captured install method

last_checked2026-08-05 01:57Z

sourcesGitHub repo search [p4]

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