Capacitor Mcp

If you're building Ionic or Capacitor apps and want AI that actually knows the component APIs and CLI commands, this bridges that gap through MCP. It gives Claude direct access to Ionic component definitions, all the major plugin registries (official Capacitor, Capawesome, Community, CapGo), and 28 CLI commands for both frameworks. The setup is straightforward, drop a config into your editor's MCP settings and npx handles the rest. One catch: it hits GitHub's API about 160 times on startup to fetch plugin data, so you'll want a personal access token or you'll burn through the rate limit fast. Most useful when you're exploring unfamiliar plugins or need the AI to scaffold and sync projects without constant doc lookups.

skills.sh installs: 961
GitHub stars: 77
last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add cap-go/capgo-skills --skill capacitor-mcp --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Capacitor MCP Servers

Wire MCP servers into an agent so it can read Ionic/Capacitor docs, run Capacitor CLI commands, manage Capgo, and drive Xcode.

When to Use

TRIGGER when the user:

asks to "add an MCP server" / "connect Claude/Cursor to Capacitor, Ionic, Capgo or Xcode"
mentions awesome-ionic-mcp, api.capgo.app/mcp, @capgo/cli mcp, xcrun mcpbridge, claude mcp add, .cursor/mcp.json, .vscode/mcp.json, claude_desktop_config.json
has an MCP server that fails to start, shows no tools, asks to sign in, or hits a rate limit

Do not use for:

uploading bundles, channels, rollouts, native builds as a task: capgo-cloud, capgo-cli-usage, capgo-live-updates, capgo-native-builds
finding or installing a plugin: capacitor-plugins
runtime bugs and crashes: debugging-capacitor; device logs: ios-android-logs
Ionic component design and theming: ionic-design