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# MCP Apps Demo
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Interactive app demos built with [CopilotKit](https://copilotkit.ai) and [MCP Apps](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/ext-apps) — showcasing the MCP Apps Extension (SEP-1865) for rendering interactive UIs directly in the chat.
## Live Demo
**https://web-app-production-9af6.up.railway.app**
## Featured Apps
| App | Description | Example Prompt |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **✈️ Airline Booking** | 5-step wizard: search flights, select seats, enter passenger details | "Book a flight from JFK to LAX on January 20th for 2 passengers" |
| **🏨 Hotel Booking** | 4-step wizard: search hotels, compare rooms, book accommodation | "Find a hotel in Paris from January 15 to 18 for 2 guests" |
| **📈 Investment Simulator** | Portfolio management with live charts, buy/sell trades | "Create a $10,000 tech-focused portfolio" |
| **📋 Kanban Board** | Drag-drop task management with columns and cards | "Create a kanban board for my software project" |
## Quick Start
### 1. Install Dependencies
```bash
# From the mcp-apps directory
npm install
cd mcp-server
npm install
cd ..
```
### 2. Set Environment Variables
Create `.env.local` in the `mcp-apps` directory:
```bash
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
```
### 3. Build & Run
```bash
# Terminal 1: Build and run MCP Server
cd mcp-server
npm run build
npm run dev
# Server runs at http://localhost:3001/mcp
# Terminal 2: Run Next.js Frontend (from mcp-apps directory)
npm run dev
# Frontend at http://localhost:3000
```
Open http://localhost:3000 and try one of the example prompts!
## How It Works
MCP Apps are interactive HTML/JS applications that render in sandboxed iframes within the chat sidebar. They communicate with the MCP server via JSON-RPC over postMessage.
```
User: "Book a flight from JFK to LAX"
AI calls search-flights tool
MCPAppsMiddleware intercepts, fetches HTML resource
CopilotKit renders flights-app.html in iframe
User interacts with wizard UI
UI calls MCP tools via postMessage → server
```
### Tool Registration Pattern
```typescript
// Tool declares its UI resource via _meta
server.registerTool(
"search-flights",
{
inputSchema: { origin, destination, departureDate, passengers },
_meta: { "ui/resourceUri": "ui://flights/flights-app.html" },
},
handler,
);
// Resource serves the HTML
server.registerResource(
"flights-app",
"ui://flights/flights-app.html",
{
mimeType: "text/html+mcp", // Marks as MCP App
},
() => ({ contents: [{ text: htmlContent }] }),
);
```
## Project Structure
```
mcp-apps/
├── src/app/
│ ├── page.tsx # Main demo page
│ └── api/copilotkit/route.ts # CopilotKit + MCPAppsMiddleware
├── mcp-server/
│ ├── server.ts # MCP server with all tools
│ ├── src/
│ │ ├── flights.ts # 15 airports, 6 airlines
│ │ ├── hotels.ts # 10 cities, 30 hotels
│ │ ├── stocks.ts # 18 stocks, portfolios
│ │ └── kanban.ts # Board templates
│ └── apps/
│ ├── flights-app.html # Airline booking wizard
│ ├── hotels-app.html # Hotel booking wizard
│ ├── trading-app.html # Investment simulator
│ └── kanban-app.html # Kanban board
└── README.md
```
## Key Technologies
- **CopilotKit** (`@copilotkit/*`) - AI chat interface with MCP Apps support
- **AG-UI MCP Apps Middleware** - Bridges MCP servers with CopilotKit
- **MCP SDK** (`@modelcontextprotocol/sdk`) - Model Context Protocol server
- **Vite** - Bundles each app into single self-contained HTML files
## Deployment
The demo is deployed on Railway with two services:
| Service | URL |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Web App | https://web-app-production-9af6.up.railway.app |
| MCP Server | https://mcp-server-production-bbb4.up.railway.app |
For production, set `MCP_SERVER_URL` environment variable to point to your deployed MCP server.
## License
MIT