# Capacitor MCP Server

Unofficial MCP server for the official [Capacitor](https://capacitorjs.com) documentation. It gives AI assistants the current documentation for Capacitor v8, v7, v6 and `next`, the official and community plugin list, and the Capacitor posts from the Ionic blog — so they stop guessing plugin APIs and CLI flags. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Ionic or OutSystems.

Maintained by [Capawesome](https://capawesome.io).

## Endpoint

The server is hosted and ready to use. No account, no token, no installation:

```
https://capacitor-mcp.capawesome.io/mcp
```

## Installation

### Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http capacitor https://capacitor-mcp.capawesome.io/mcp
```

### Claude Desktop / Claude.ai

Go to **Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector** and enter:

- **Name**: `Capacitor`
- **URL**: `https://capacitor-mcp.capawesome.io/mcp`

### Cursor

[![Install in Cursor](https://cursor.com/deeplink/mcp-install-dark.svg)](cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=capacitor&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2FwYWNpdG9yLW1jcC5jYXBhd2Vzb21lLmlvL21jcCJ9)

Or add `.cursor/mcp.json` to your project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capacitor": {
      "url": "https://capacitor-mcp.capawesome.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

[Install in VS Code](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=capacitor&config=%7B%22name%22%3A%22capacitor%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcapacitor-mcp.capawesome.io%2Fmcp%22%7D)

Or add `.vscode/mcp.json` to your project:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "capacitor": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://capacitor-mcp.capawesome.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Windsurf

Add the server to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capacitor": {
      "serverUrl": "https://capacitor-mcp.capawesome.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Zed

Add the server to your Zed `settings.json`:

```json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "capacitor": {
      "url": "https://capacitor-mcp.capawesome.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Any client via npx

Clients that cannot connect to a remote server over HTTP can run this package, which proxies stdio to the hosted server:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capacitor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@capawesome/capacitor-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
```

Requires Node.js 22 or later.

## Tools

| Tool              | Purpose                                                                     | Parameters                                        |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `search_docs`     | Search the documentation by keyword. Start here for any Capacitor question. | `query` (required), `section`, `version`, `limit` |
| `get_doc_page`    | Read a full documentation page returned by `search_docs`.                   | `url` (required), `version`                       |
| `list_plugins`    | List official and community Capacitor plugins.                              | `query`, `source`, `limit`                        |
| `list_blog_posts` | List recent Capacitor posts from the Ionic blog.                            | —                                                 |

## Versions

The documentation is available for Capacitor **v8** (default), **v7**, **v6** and **next**. Pass the `version` parameter to `search_docs` and `get_doc_page` to target a specific version.

## Rate limits

The endpoint is limited to **100 requests per minute per IP**. Requests over the limit are answered with `429 Too Many Requests`; retry after a short wait.

## Privacy

Your IP address is processed for rate limiting only. Queries and tool arguments are not stored, not logged beyond Cloudflare's standard edge logs, and never used for training. See the [Privacy Policy](https://capawesome.io/legal/privacy-policy/) for details.

## Related

- [Ionic Framework MCP Server](https://github.com/capawesome-team/ionic-framework-mcp) — the same for the Ionic Framework documentation, components and usage examples.
- [Capawesome MCP Server](https://github.com/capawesome-team/mcp) — the official MCP server for the Capawesome documentation and the Capawesome Cloud management API.
- [Capawesome Cloud Live Updates](https://capawesome.io/cloud/live-updates/) — ship JavaScript, HTML and CSS changes to your app without an app store review.
- [Capawesome Cloud Native Builds](https://capawesome.io/cloud/native-builds/) — build native iOS and Android apps in the cloud, without a Mac.
- [Capawesome Cloud App Store Publishing](https://capawesome.io/cloud/app-store-publishing/) — submit builds to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

## Attribution

The documentation content is © the Ionic team, licensed under [Apache-2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) and sourced from [`ionic-team/capacitor-docs`](https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor-docs). It is converted from MDX to Markdown for delivery over MCP and otherwise served unmodified in substance. The community plugin list comes from [`capawesome-team/awesome-capacitorjs`](https://github.com/capawesome-team/awesome-capacitorjs). Blog excerpts come from the [Ionic blog](https://ionic.io/blog) and link to the original post.

See [NOTICE](NOTICE) for the full attribution.

## Development

```bash
npm install
npm run build
npm test
```

Set `CAPACITOR_MCP_URL` to point the proxy at a local server instead of the hosted one:

```bash
CAPACITOR_MCP_URL=http://localhost:8787/mcp node dist/index.js
```

## Release

Releases are managed by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). Merging its release pull request tags the version, publishes the package to npm and then publishes `server.json` to the [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io). The version in `server.json` is bumped by release-please together with `package.json`, so it never has to be edited by hand. To publish to the registry manually, install [`mcp-publisher`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry), run `mcp-publisher login dns --domain=capawesome.io --private-key=<key>` with the Ed25519 private key from the password manager and then `mcp-publisher publish`.

## License

See [LICENSE](LICENSE).