--- title: April 2025 - MCP | daily.dev description: shadcn/ui is adding zero-config Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to its component registry. A single command, npx shadcn registry:mcp, will make any... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/april-2025---mcp-fgxvbm6sx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: April 2025 - MCP | daily.dev og:description: shadcn/ui is adding zero-config Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to its component registry. A single command, npx shadcn registry:mcp, will make any... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/april-2025---mcp-fgxvbm6sx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fgxVBm6sx.png og:image:alt: April 2025 - MCP og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # April 2025 - MCP **[The Foundation for your Design System - shadcn/ui](https://daily.dev/sources/shadcn-ui)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary shadcn/ui is adding zero-config Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to its component registry. A single command, npx shadcn registry:mcp, will make any registry MCP-compatible, allowing AI tools to interact with component registries directly. Details were shared in a thread on X by the shadcn creator. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I make a shadcn/ui registry MCP-compatible? Run the command npx shadcn registry:mcp to add zero-config Model Context Protocol support to any shadcn/ui registry. This single command is being introduced as part of shadcn/ui's work toward making component registries directly usable by MCP-compatible AI tools, without additional setup steps. _Developers wiring up MCP tooling for their component libraries can track shadcn/ui updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I tried Shadcn CLI 3.0 — here’s what I learned](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-shadcn-cli-3-0-here-s-what-i-learned-ktnfpprm4) · LogRocket · 7 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to find, install, and manage MCP servers with the GitHub MCP Registry](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-find-install-and-manage-mcp-servers-with-the-github-mcp-registry-gcfkdmzt1) · GitHub Blog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Storybook MCP for React](https://daily.dev/posts/storybook-mcp-for-react-x35ultaaf) · Storybook · 104 upvotes · 4 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#shadcn](https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/april-2025---mcp-fgxvbm6sx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"April 2025 - MCP","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/april-2025---mcp-fgxvbm6sx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/april-2025---mcp-fgxvbm6sx"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:18:28.966Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:34:16.308Z","description":"shadcn/ui is adding zero-config Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to its component registry. 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