About MCP-Rick-Morty-API-Playground
MCP-Rick-Morty-API-Playground is a TypeScript MCP server for exploring Rick and Morty character data through its GraphQL API. It supports lookup by character ID and paginated retrieval, with setup instructions for Claude Desktop.
Key features
- 01Look up a character by ID
- 02Retrieve characters with pagination
- 03Uses the Rick & Morty GraphQL API
Use cases
- 01Fetch a specific Rick and Morty character
- 02Browse character results across pages
MCP support
It exposes character lookup and paginated listing to MCP clients, with configuration instructions for Claude Desktop.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEMCP-Rick-Morty-API-Playground
MCP server for playing with Rick and Morty API, which using claude for desktop, can get characters per ID or all characters with pagination.
This is a Typescript project that uses the Rick & Morty GraphQL
1. Install
Clone this repository to your local or docker
Run
npm install
2. How to configure it within Claude Desktop
Then find the "claude_desktop_config.json" file and modify the path to this file
3. How to run
Open Claude for Desktop and use
get-character # to get characters by ID
# or
get-characters # to get all the characters with pagination
4. Learn more
To learn more about MCP and how to configure them, take a look at the following resources:
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MCP Quickstart - Learn about how to configure MCP core concepts and how to use Claude For desktop with this repo.
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