ext-apps/examples/basic-server-react
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Olivier Chafik ae9b96e1fd
chore: bump to 1.0.1 - fix npm reference for ext-apps dependency in examples + update zod to 4.x (#368)
* fix(examples): use npm reference for ext-apps dependency

Replace local path '../..' with '^1.0.0' npm reference in all example
packages. The local path was accidentally published to npm, causing
npm install to hang when installing server-* packages.

Bump versions to 1.0.1 for all public packages to fix the published
versions.

Fixes npm install hanging issue in dependent projects like
example-remote-server.

Note: npm workspaces automatically resolves the dependency to the
local package during development, so no overrides are needed.

* fix: update zod to 4.x in transcript-server and fix update-lock:docker script

- Update transcript-server to use zod ^4.1.13 for compatibility
- Fix update-lock:docker script to properly clean workspace node_modules
- Regenerate package-lock.json with clean npmjs.org URLs
2026-01-26 21:55:15 +00:00
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src fix(e2e): make server-time element fill width for consistent mask (#283) 2026-01-19 17:01:55 +00:00
.gitignore Improve consistency and organization of examples for AI learning 2026-01-13 20:48:02 -06:00
grid-cell.png feat(basic-host): URL params, fullscreen mode, unified layout (#266) 2026-01-14 22:09:41 +00:00
main.ts Refactor server startup functions 2026-01-24 09:27:54 -06:00
mcp-app.html Add color-scheme meta tag to all example apps 2025-12-15 11:42:18 -08:00
package.json chore: bump to 1.0.1 - fix npm reference for ext-apps dependency in examples + update zod to 4.x (#368) 2026-01-26 21:55:15 +00:00
README.md chore: stable spec release 2026-01-26 and SDK v1.0.0 (#362) 2026-01-26 17:31:33 +00:00
screenshot.png feat(basic-host): URL params, fullscreen mode, unified layout (#266) 2026-01-14 22:09:41 +00:00
server.ts Rewrite Quickstart guide with type-checked code examples 2026-01-24 09:41:51 -06:00
tsconfig.json Add basic-host and basic-server-react examples 2025-12-04 14:28:27 -06:00
tsconfig.server.json feat: compile example servers to JavaScript for npm consumption (#259) 2026-01-14 23:46:17 +00:00
vite.config.ts Add basic-host and basic-server-react examples 2025-12-04 14:28:27 -06:00

Example: Basic Server (React)

Screenshot

An MCP App example with a React UI.

Tip

Looking for a vanilla JavaScript example? See basic-server-vanillajs!

MCP Client Configuration

Add to your MCP client configuration (stdio transport):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basic-react": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--silent",
        "--registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-basic-react",
        "--stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Local Development

To test local modifications, use this configuration (replace ~/code/ext-apps with your clone path):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basic-react": {
      "command": "bash",
      "args": [
        "-c",
        "cd ~/code/ext-apps/examples/basic-server-react && npm run build >&2 && node dist/index.js --stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Overview

Key Files

Getting Started

npm install
npm run dev

How It Works

  1. The server registers a get-time tool with metadata linking it to a UI HTML resource (ui://get-time/mcp-app.html).
  2. When the tool is invoked, the Host renders the UI from the resource.
  3. The UI uses the MCP App SDK API to communicate with the host and call server tools.

Build System

This example bundles into a single HTML file using Vite with vite-plugin-singlefile — see vite.config.ts. This allows all UI content to be served as a single MCP resource. Alternatively, MCP apps can load external resources by defining _meta.ui.csp.resourceDomains in the UI resource metadata.