# UI Beats (npm · @uibeats/mcp)

MCP server for UI Beats. Let your coding agent search, read and install animated React components.

- Trust score: 95/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- npm · `@uibeats/mcp`: 95/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-uibeats-mcp/uibeats-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-uibeats-mcp/uibeats-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@uibeats/mcp`
- Version: `0.1.3`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 100/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to nikhils4/ui-beats).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 27 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 82/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 428 tokens (~107/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 93/100
  - Stability observed for 28 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the UI Beats MCP server?

UI Beats runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @uibeats/mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add com-uibeats-mcp -- npx -y @uibeats/mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-uibeats-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@uibeats/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-uibeats-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@uibeats/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add com-uibeats-mcp -- npx -y @uibeats/mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-uibeats-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@uibeats/mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-uibeats-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @uibeats/mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-uibeats-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@uibeats/mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-uibeats-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@uibeats/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-uibeats-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y @uibeats/mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-uibeats-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@uibeats/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-19 (score 95, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 94, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 93, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 92, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-10 (score 91, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-08 (score 90, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-06 (score 89, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-04 (score 88, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_components` (~136 tokens)

Search UI Beats components

Search the UI Beats catalogue by intent or name, e.g. 'card that flips', 'number counting up', 'animated background', 'flip-card'. Returns ranked matches with their description, docs URL and install command. Call get_component afterwards to read the actual source and props.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Restrict results to one category, e.g. 'card' or 'block'. Omit to search everything; list_components shows the current set.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (default 10).
- `query` (string, required): What the component should do, in plain words, or its exact name.

### `get_component` (~72 tokens)

Get a UI Beats component

Fetch the complete documentation for one component: description, when to use it, the full props table, a runnable usage example and the entire source file. Read this before writing code that uses a UI Beats component.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Component name, e.g. 'flip-card' (or 'Flip Card').

### `list_components` (~50 tokens)

List UI Beats components

List every component in the catalogue, grouped by category. Use this to see what is available before searching.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): List only this category, e.g. 'card' or 'block'.

### `get_install_command` (~60 tokens)

Get the install command for a component

Return the exact shadcn CLI command that adds a component to the current project, along with the npm packages it pulls in. Run the returned command in the project root.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Component name, e.g. 'flip-card'.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-uibeats-mcp/uibeats-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 95
- 2026-09-19: 95
- 2026-09-18: 94
- 2026-09-17: 94
- 2026-09-16: 93
- 2026-09-15: 93
- 2026-09-14: 92
- 2026-09-13: 92
- 2026-09-12: 92
- 2026-09-11: 91
- 2026-09-10: 91
- 2026-09-09: 90
- 2026-09-08: 90
- 2026-09-07: 89
- 2026-09-06: 89
- 2026-09-05: 88
- 2026-09-04: 88
- 2026-09-03: 87
- 2026-09-02: 87
- 2026-09-01: 86
- 2026-08-31: 86
- 2026-08-30: 82
- 2026-08-29: 82
- 2026-08-28: 82
- 2026-08-27: 82
- 2026-08-26: 82
- 2026-08-25: 81
- 2026-08-24: 81
- 2026-08-23: 66

## Common questions

### What is the UI Beats MCP server?

UI Beats is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.uibeats/mcp. MCP server for UI Beats. Let your coding agent search, read and install animated React components. This page covers its npm package (@uibeats/mcp).

### Is the UI Beats MCP server safe to use?

UI Beats scores 95 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the UI Beats MCP server expose?

UI Beats exposes 4 tools: search_components, get_component, list_components, get_install_command. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 318 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the UI Beats MCP server still maintained?

UI Beats is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the UI Beats MCP server under?

UI Beats declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@uibeats/mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@uibeats/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/nikhils4/ui-beats
- Website: https://uibeats.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-uibeats-mcp/uibeats-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-uibeats-mcp/uibeats-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-uibeats-mcp/uibeats-mcp