MCP server

Use the Canvas UI registry with the shadcn MCP server, and let your AI assistant browse and install components for you.

The shadcn MCP server works with any shadcn-compatible registry, including this one. Point it at the Canvas UI registry and your assistant can list components, read their metadata, and add them straight to your project.

Configure the registry

Canvas UI is a trusted shadcn registry, so the @canvas-ui namespace works out of the box, with or without MCP:

Optionally, you can pin the registry in your components.json file:

{
  "registries": {
    "@canvas-ui": "https://canvasui.dev/r/{name}.json"
  }
}

Set up your client

Run the setup for your client, straight from your project: