MCP Dashboards MCP Server

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Renders interactive charts, dashboards, and KPI widgets inside AI conversations.

MCP Dashboards

Your AI can talk about data. Now it can show it.

   

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The problem

We use AI for everything - analysis, reports, strategy. But when it comes to actually seeing the story in your data, you're stuck copying numbers into a spreadsheet and building charts yourself. The conversation has the insight. The visualization is somewhere else.

The solution

MCP Dashboards renders interactive charts, dashboards, and KPI widgets directly inside your AI conversation. 45+ chart types, 20 themes, live polling, PNG/PPT/A4 export - all from a single MCP server. No browser tabs, no copy-paste, no context switching.

Quick Start

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dashboard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-dashboards", "--stdio"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code / VS Code

claude mcp add dashboard -- npx -y mcp-dashboards --stdio

Remote (Streamable HTTP)

npx mcp-dashboards
# Server starts on http://localhost:3001/mcp

Supported clients

Works in any MCP Apps-compatible client: Claude Desktop, Claude Web, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Goose, Postman, MCPJam. ChatGPT support is rolling out.

Just ask

No API to learn. Describe what you want in plain English:

  • "Compare Q1 vs Q2 revenue by region as a bar chart"
  • "Show my portfolio allocation as a donut chart with the boardroom theme"
  • "Build a dashboard with monthly sales KPIs and a trend line"
  • "Visualize website traffic by country on a world map"
  • "Track Bitcoin price live, updating every 30 seconds"
  • "Show the conversion funnel from signup to purchase"
  • "Rank the team by performance using a radar chart"

The AI picks the right tool, formats your data, and renders the chart inline. Click any data point to ask follow-up questions.

What makes this different

Other MCP chart tools generate static images. MCP Dashboards renders interactive HTML inside your conversation.

Explore your data in-chat

  • Hover tooltips on every data point - no guessing values
  • Click to select any bar, slice, or point - selections feed back to the AI for follow-up questions
  • Drill-down into bar charts with breadcrumb navigation
  • Zoom & pan on geo maps, treemaps, and heatmaps - scroll-wheel zoom up to 12x with hi-res re-rendering
  • Live polling - real-time charts that auto-update from any API (stock prices, server metrics, crypto)
  • KPI sparklines - inline trend mini-charts in dashboard metric cards

Meeting in 5 minutes? Export and go

  • PPT slides - one-click download as a 16:9 title slide or background-ready image
  • A4 documents - paginated multi-page export with intelligent page breaks that never cut through a chart
  • PNG - per-chart screenshots with title and theme baked in
  • CSV - raw data export from any table

Ask the AI to build your dashboard. Hit the export dropdown - grab a 16:9 title slide, a background image, or a paginated A4 document. One click, presentation-ready.

20 themes, 900+ combinations

Boardroom gold, neon cyberpunk, forest earth, clinical white. Mix palettes, typography (8 options), and effects (shimmer, neon, glow, glass, lift). Animated gradient titles export correctly to PNG.

45+ chart types across 20 themes = 900+ visual combinations. Every one of them interactive.

All 31 Tools
Tool Type Best For
render_pie_chart Pie/Donut Composition - "what makes up the whole?"
render_bar_chart Bar Comparison - vertical, horizontal, stacked, drill-down
render_line_chart Line/Ar

Tools (3)

render_pie_chartRenders a pie or donut chart for composition analysis.
render_bar_chartRenders a vertical, horizontal, or stacked bar chart with drill-down support.
render_line_chartRenders a line or area chart for trend analysis.

Configuration

claude_desktop_config.json
{"mcpServers": {"dashboard": {"command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-dashboards", "--stdio"]}}}

Try it

Compare Q1 vs Q2 revenue by region as a bar chart
Show my portfolio allocation as a donut chart with the boardroom theme
Build a dashboard with monthly sales KPIs and a trend line
Visualize website traffic by country on a world map
Track Bitcoin price live, updating every 30 seconds

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the key features of MCP Dashboards?

Renders interactive HTML charts directly in the chat interface. Supports 45+ chart types and 20 visual themes. Live API polling for real-time data updates. One-click export to PNG, PowerPoint, and paginated A4 documents. Interactive elements including hover tooltips, drill-down, and zoom.

What can I use MCP Dashboards for?

Visualizing business KPIs and sales performance during strategy meetings. Monitoring real-time server metrics or crypto prices within a chat. Creating presentation-ready slides directly from data analysis results. Exploring complex datasets through interactive drill-down charts.

How do I install MCP Dashboards?

Install MCP Dashboards by running: npx -y mcp-dashboards --stdio

What MCP clients work with MCP Dashboards?

MCP Dashboards works with any MCP-compatible client including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and other editors with MCP support.

Turn this server into reusable context

Keep MCP Dashboards docs, env vars, and workflow notes in Conare so your agent carries them across sessions.

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