amcharts5-mcp

amCharts 5 MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI assistants on-demand access to the complete amCharts 5 knowledge base: 140+ documentation pages, 280+ code examples, and 1,000+ class API references.

Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code + GitHub Copilot, and any other MCP-compatible AI tool.

Why?

Instead of loading the entire amCharts reference into the AI's context window, the MCP server lets the AI query exactly what it needs — a specific chart type reference, a code example, or an API lookup. This means better answers with less context waste.

Quick Start

The easiest way is the hosted server — no install, just add one URL. Prefer to run it yourself? See Local install below.

Hosted (no install) — recommended

Point your AI client at:

https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http amcharts5 https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / claude.ai — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp.

Cursor — .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "url": "https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code + GitHub Copilot — .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf — ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT (Plus/Pro/Enterprise with connectors/developer mode enabled) — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp.

Cline (VS Code extension) — open the MCP Servers panel → Remote Servers, paste https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp, or add to its MCP settings JSON:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Clients that only support local (stdio) servers (e.g. Zed, Continue, Amazon Q Developer) — bridge to the hosted URL with mcp-remote. Use this as the server's run command in the client's config:

npx mcp-remote https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp

For example, in a command/args style config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.amcharts.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Any other MCP client that accepts a remote server URL works too — use the /mcp endpoint (Streamable HTTP) or /sse (legacy SSE). For URL-only clients that still expect a command, use the mcp-remote bridge shown above.

Local install (npx)

Prefer running it yourself? The server is also published to npm and runs over stdio.

Claude Code

For all projects (global, recommended):

claude mcp add -s user amcharts5 -- npx -y @amcharts/amcharts5-mcp

For current project only:

claude mcp add amcharts5 -- npx -y @amcharts/amcharts5-mcp

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@amcharts/amcharts5-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Create or edit .cursor/mcp.json in your project root (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@amcharts/amcharts5-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@amcharts/amcharts5-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code + GitHub Copilot

Create or edit .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

{
  "servers": {
    "amcharts5": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@amcharts/amcharts5-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Other MCP-compatible tools

For any other tool that supports MCP (Cline, Continue, Amazon Q, Zed, etc.), configure it to run:

npx -y @amcharts/amcharts5-mcp

Run locally (for development)

git clone https://github.com/amcharts/amcharts5-mcp.git
cd amcharts5-mcp
npm install
npm start

Available Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_core_reference | Get core amCharts 5 docs — setup, themes, colors, events, common pitfalls | | get_chart_reference | Get full reference for a chart type (e.g. "pie", "sankey", "xy") | | list_chart_types | List all available chart types and their keywords | | search_docs | Search the skill reference docs by keyword | | search_all | Search across everything — skill docs, full documentation, and code examples | | get_doc | Get a full documentation page (e.g. "charts/xy-chart/axes", "concepts/events") | | get_section | Get a specific section from a reference file by heading | | get_quick_start | Get a minimal working template for any chart type | | list_examples | Browse all 283 examples, optionally filtered by category | | get_example | Get the full code for a specific example |

Example Usage

Once connected, your AI assistant can:

• "Build me a pie chart" → AI calls get_quick_start("pie") and adapts the template
• "How do I format date axis labels?" → AI calls search_all("date axis label format")
• "Show me the Sankey diagram example" → AI calls get_example("examples/flow/sankey-diagram")
• "What settings does XYChart support?" → AI calls get_doc("reference/xychart")
• "How do I integrate with React?" → AI calls get_doc("getting-started/integrations/react")
• "What chart types are available?" → AI calls list_chart_types()

Content

The server includes 1,500+ documents:

• 140+ documentation pages — getting started, chart guides, concepts (themes, events, adapters, data binding, animations, accessibility, etc.), and framework integration guides (React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Svelte, and more)
• 280+ code examples — working demos across 16 categories including column/bar, line/area, pie/donut, maps, hierarchy, flow, radar/polar, stock, gauges, Gantt, timeline, and more
• 1,000+ class API references — every class in the amCharts 5 library with its settings, properties, methods, events, and inheritance chain
• Curated skill reference — quick-start templates and chart-specific guides from the amCharts 5 AI Skill

License

MIT