Ask UI MCP Server

A MCP server that enables agents to ask users questions via custom user interfaces.

Local serverstdio

What is the Ask UI MCP Server?

Ask UI is an MCP project maintained in the box-killer/core repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A MCP server that enables agents to ask users questions via custom user interfaces”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is mcp-ask-ui. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares MOONSHOT_API_KEY, PPIO_API_KEY, MINIMAX_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Ask UI MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-ui": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ask-ui"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MOONSHOT_API_KEY": "YOUR_MOONSHOT_API_KEY",
        "PPIO_API_KEY": "YOUR_PPIO_API_KEY",
        "MINIMAX_API_KEY": "YOUR_MINIMAX_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
MOONSHOT_API_KEY	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Optional
PPIO_API_KEY	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Optional
MINIMAX_API_KEY	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Optional