MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context to LLMs. The shadcn CLI can register an MCP server so your editor can discover registry items — including the agent recipes you install from agentcn via the same CLI.
Configure MCP
Run:
$ pnpm dlx shadcn@latest mcp init
Choose your MCP client when prompted, then enable the MCP server in that client to finish setup.
To resolve recipes by short name (@agentcn/eve/deep-search), add the namespace
to components.json first — see Registry.
Usage
With MCP enabled, ask your editor to scaffold and install agent recipes, then wire them into your project. Example prompts:
- Add the Deep Search recipe for Eve and set up the
EXA_API_KEYit needs. - Install the Chat with PDF recipe for Flue and show me how to call it.
- Build a Slack bot from the Slack Agent recipe and explain the approval flow.
- Set up the Chat with Database recipe and point it at my Postgres schema.
- Compare the Eve and Flue versions of the GitHub PR Review recipe.
Install recipes with npx shadcn@latest add and the JSON URL from each recipe
page, then invoke them through your Eve or Flue project as usual. This site also
exposes llms.txt and an API catalog
for agents that prefer to browse the registry directly.