Quickchart MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server for generating charts using QuickChart.io

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What is the Quickchart MCP server?

Quickchart MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Quickchart directly instead of describing what you should do. A Model Context Protocol server for generating charts using QuickChart.io.

What you get

This server integrates with QuickChart.io's URL-based chart generation service to create chart images using Chart.js configurations. Users can generate various types of charts by providing data and styling parameters, which the server converts into chart URLs or downloadable images.

What the assistant can call

Once Quickchart is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • generate_chart — Generate a chart URL using QuickChart.io
  • download_chart — Download a chart image to a local file
  • Tools — The Tools tool exposed by this server
  • Installing — The Installing tool exposed by this server

Setting it up

@smithery/cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Choosing this one

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Quickchart's toolset — generate_chart, download_chart, Tools and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GongRzhe; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

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.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the quickchart mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
generate_chartGenerate a chart URL using QuickChart.io
download_chartDownload a chart image to a local file
ToolsThe Tools tool exposed by this server.
InstallingThe Installing tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Quickchart MCP server

or

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quickchart-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gongrzhe/quickchart-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Example prompts to try

  • Use Quickchart to generate chart.
  • Use Quickchart to download chart.
  • Use Quickchart to Tools.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Quickchart to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (generate_chart, download_chart, Tools, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Quickchart directly.