A lightweight React hook for connecting to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Simplifies authentication and tool calling for AI systems implementing the MCP standard.

Try it out: Chat Demo | MCP Inspector | Cloudflare Workers AI Playground

Installation

npm install use-mcp
# or
pnpm add use-mcp
# or
yarn add use-mcp

Development

To run the development environment with all examples and servers:

pnpm dev

This starts:

• Inspector: http://localhost:5001 - MCP server debugging tool
• Chat UI: http://localhost:5002 - Example chat interface
• Hono MCP Server: http://localhost:5101 - Example MCP server
• CF Agents MCP Server: http://localhost:5102 - Cloudflare Workers AI MCP server

Testing

Integration tests are located in the test/ directory and run headlessly by default:

cd test && pnpm test              # Run tests headlessly (default)
cd test && pnpm test:headed       # Run tests with visible browser
cd test && pnpm test:watch        # Run tests in watch mode
cd test && pnpm test:ui           # Run tests with interactive UI

Features

• 🔄 Automatic connection management with reconnection and retries
• 🔐 OAuth authentication flow handling with popup and fallback support
• 📦 Simple React hook interface for MCP integration
• 🧰 Full support for MCP tools, resources, and prompts
• 📄 Access server resources and read their contents
• 💬 Use server-provided prompt templates
• 🧰 TypeScript types for editor assistance and type checking
• 📝 Comprehensive logging for debugging
• 🌐 Works with both HTTP and SSE (Server-Sent Events) transports

Quick Start

import { useMcp } from 'use-mcp/react'

function MyAIComponent() {
  const {
    state,          // Connection state: 'discovering' | 'pending_auth' | 'authenticating' | 'connecting' | 'loading' | 'ready' | 'failed'
    tools,          // Available tools from MCP server
    resources,      // Available resources from MCP server
    prompts,        // Available prompts from MCP server
    error,          // Error message if connection failed
    callTool,       // Function to call tools on the MCP server
    readResource,   // Function to read resource contents
    getPrompt,      // Function to get prompt messages
    retry,          // Retry connection manually
    authenticate,   // Manually trigger authentication
    clearStorage,   // Clear stored tokens and credentials
  } = useMcp({
    url: 'https://your-mcp-server.com',
    clientName: 'My App',
    autoReconnect: true,
  })

  // Handle different states
  if (state === 'failed') {
    return (
      <div>
        <p>Connection failed: {error}</p>
        <button onClick={retry}>Retry</button>
        <button onClick={authenticate}>Authenticate Manually</button>
      </div>
    )
  }

  if (state !== 'ready') {
    return <div>Connecting to AI service...</div>
  }

  // Use available tools
  const handleSearch = async () => {
    try {
      const result = await callTool('search', { query: 'example search' })
      console.log('Search results:', result)
    } catch (err) {
      console.error('Tool call failed:', err)
    }
  }

  return (
    <div>
      <h2>Available Tools: {tools.length}</h2>
      <ul>
        {tools.map(tool => (
          <li key={tool.name}>{tool.name}</li>
        ))}
      </ul>
      <button onClick={handleSearch}>Search</button>
      
      {/* Example: Display and read resources */}
      {resources.length > 0 && (
        <div>
          <h3>Resources: {resources.length}</h3>
          <button onClick={async () => {
            const content = await readResource(resources[0].uri)
            console.log('Resource content:', content)
          }}>
            Read First Resource
          </button>
        </div>
      )}
      
      {/* Example: Use prompts */}
      {prompts.length > 0 && (
        <div>
          <h3>Prompts: {prompts.length}</h3>
          <button onClick={async () => {
            const result = await getPrompt(prompts[0].name)
            console.log('Prompt messages:', result.messages)
          }}>
            Get First Prompt
          </button>
        </div>
      )}
    </div>
  )
}

Setting Up OAuth Callback

To handle the OAuth authentication flow, you need to set up a callback endpoint in your app.

With React Router

// App.tsx with React Router
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Routes, Route } from 'react-router-dom'
import { useEffect } from 'react'
import { onMcpAuthorization } from 'use-mcp'

function OAuthCallback() {
  useEffect(() => {
    onMcpAuthorization()
  }, [])

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Authenticating...</h1>
      <p>This window should close automatically.</p>
    </div>
  )
}

function App() {
  return (
    <Router>
      <Routes>
        <Route path="/oauth/callback" element={<OAuthCallback />} />
        <Route path="/" element={<YourMainComponent />} />
      </Routes>
    </Router>
  )
}

With Next.js Pages Router

// pages/oauth/callback.tsx
import { useEffect } from 'react'
import { onMcpAuthorization } from 'use-mcp'

export default function OAuthCallbackPage() {
  useEffect(() => {
    onMcpAuthorization()
  }, [])

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Authenticating...</h1>
      <p>This window should close automatically.</p>
    </div>
  )
}

API Reference

useMcp Hook

function useMcp(options: UseMcpOptions): UseMcpResult

Options

Return Value

License

MIT