Tauri MCP Server

@hypothesi/tauri-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf to build, test, and debug Tauri® v2 applications.

📖 Full Documentation

Features

Category	Capabilities
🎯 UI Automation	Screenshots, clicks, typing, scrolling, element finding, visual element picker
🔍 IPC Monitoring	Capture and inspect Tauri IPC calls in real-time
📱 Mobile Dev	List Android emulators & iOS simulators
📋 Logs	Stream console, Android logcat, iOS, and system logs

Quick Start

1. Add the MCP Bridge Plugin to Your Tauri App

cargo add tauri-plugin-mcp-bridge

// src-tauri/src/main.rs
fn main() {
    let mut builder = tauri::Builder::default();

    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
    {
        builder = builder.plugin(tauri_plugin_mcp_bridge::init());
    }

    builder
        .run(tauri::generate_context!())
        .expect("error while running tauri application");
}

Note: The npm package @hypothesi/tauri-plugin-mcp-bridge is optional—only needed if you want to call the plugin from your app's frontend code. The MCP server communicates with the Rust plugin directly via WebSocket.

2. Configure Your AI Assistant

Use aix to add the server to your AI assistant:

npx -y @a1st/aix add mcp tauri --command 'npx @hypothesi/tauri-mcp-server' --user

Supported clients: claude-code, cursor, windsurf, vscode, cline, roo-cline, claude, zed, goose, warp, codex

Terminal CLI

If you want to call the same tools directly from a shell, install the companion CLI package:

npm install -g @hypothesi/tauri-mcp-cli
tauri-mcp driver-session start --port 9223
tauri-mcp driver-session status --json

The CLI keeps the underlying MCP server warm in the background so stateful commands such as driver_session work across separate invocations.

Multi-App Support

The MCP server supports connecting to multiple Tauri apps simultaneously. Each app runs on a unique port, and the most recently connected app becomes the "default" app.

Key Features:

• Connect to multiple apps on different ports
• Default app used when no appIdentifier specified
• Target specific apps using port number or bundle ID
• Stop individual sessions or all sessions at once

Example Usage:

// Connect to first app
await driver_session({ action: "start", port: 9223 })

// Connect to second app
await driver_session({ action: "start", port: 9224 })

// Check status - shows both apps with default indicator
await driver_session({ action: "status" })

// Use default app (most recent - port 9224)
await webview_screenshot()

// Target specific app by port
await webview_screenshot({ appIdentifier: 9223 })

// Stop specific app
await driver_session({ action: "stop", appIdentifier: 9223 })

// Stop all apps
await driver_session({ action: "stop" })

Available Tools (20 total)

Setup & Configuration

Tool	Description
get_setup_instructions	Get setup/update instructions for the MCP Bridge plugin

UI Automation

Tool	Description
driver_session	Start/stop/status automation session
webview_find_element	Find elements by CSS selector, XPath, text, or ref ID
read_logs	Read console, Android, iOS, or system logs
webview_interact	Click, scroll, swipe, focus, long-press
webview_screenshot	Capture webview screenshots (JPEG default)
webview_keyboard	Type text or send key events
webview_wait_for	Wait for elements, text, or events
webview_get_styles	Get computed CSS styles
webview_execute_js	Execute JavaScript in webview
webview_dom_snapshot	Get structured DOM snapshot (accessibility or structure)
webview_select_element	Visual element picker — user clicks an element, returns metadata + screenshot
webview_get_pointed_element	Get metadata for element user Alt+Shift+Clicked
manage_window	List windows, get info, or resize

IPC & Plugin

Tool	Description
ipc_execute_command	Execute Tauri IPC commands
ipc_get_backend_state	Get app metadata and state
ipc_monitor	Start/stop IPC monitoring
ipc_get_captured	Get captured IPC traffic
ipc_emit_event	Emit custom events

Mobile Development

Tool	Description
list_devices	List Android devices and iOS simulators

Links

• Documentation
• GitHub Repository
• MCP Bridge Plugin (crates.io)
• Changelog

License

MIT © hypothesi

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This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Tauri Programme within the Commons Conservancy.