MCP Server

45+ interactive charts, dashboards, and KPIs inside any AI conversation

Local serverstdio

What is the MCP MCP server?

MCP MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. 45+ interactive charts, dashboards, and KPIs inside any AI conversation.

What you get

We use AI for everything - analysis, reports, strategy. But when it comes to actually seeing the story in your data, you're stuck copying numbers into a spreadsheet and building charts yourself. The conversation has the insight. The visualization is somewhere else.

Setting it up

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at mcp-dashboards on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 4 environment variables: POLL_PRESET_T212_CASH_URL, POLL_PRESET_T212_CASH_HEADERS, YOUR_API_KEY, MCP_HTTP_BIND_HOST. 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.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by KyuRish; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

How to install the MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dashboard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-dashboards", "--stdio"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
POLL_PRESET_T212_CASH_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
POLL_PRESET_T212_CASH_HEADERSConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
YOUR_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
MCP_HTTP_BIND_HOSTEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Optional

Frequently asked questions

It connects MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with MCP directly.