MCP server for ChartForge — generate stunning charts and diagrams from natural language
MCP server for ChartForge — generate stunning charts and diagrams from natural language. The chartforge mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 3 defined tools rather than through you.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
generate_chart — The generate_chart tool exposed by this serverrefine_chart — The refine_chart tool exposed by this serverlist_styles — The list_styles tool exposed by this serverYou will need 2 environment variables: CHARTFORGE_API_KEY, CHARTFORGE_API_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Chartforge's toolset — generate_chart, refine_chart, list_styles — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by com.chartforgeai; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Chartforge's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| generate_chart | The generate_chart tool exposed by this server. |
| refine_chart | The refine_chart tool exposed by this server. |
| list_styles | The list_styles tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"chartforge": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["chartforge-mcp"],
"env": {
"CHARTFORGE_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| CHARTFORGE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| CHARTFORGE_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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