ShipSwift MCP Server: SwiftUI Components and Recipes

What is the ShipSwift MCP server?

ShipSwift describes itself as an AI-native SwiftUI component library with full-stack recipes. The recipe server is a hosted MCP endpoint at api.shipswift.app. Your AI coding agent connects to it and retrieves complete SwiftUI source for a component, plus implementation steps and best practices.

The library is organized as SWAnimation, SWChart, SWComponent, SWModule and SWUtil. The README counts 30 animation components, including Metal-shader backgrounds, plus charts, display, feedback and input components, and modules such as authentication, camera, chat and settings.

What changes in your agent's output

• A request like adding a shimmer loading animation returns a recipe with real SwiftUI code instead of a generic guess.
• Everything shares the SW naming convention and dependency rules, so generated code stays consistent across screens.
• Charts, onboarding, steppers and FAQ views come as self-contained files you can copy into an Xcode project.
• Pro recipes add backend guides, compliance templates and known pitfalls for subscriptions, TikTok tracking and export.

Free and Pro recipes

All iOS client code is open source under the MIT license. The README separates free recipes from Pro ones. Pro adds backend implementation such as Hono routes and database schema, integration guides, compliance templates and pitfall guides. Without the MCP server, local skills read the source files straight from the repository.

Who ShipSwift MCP is for

Best for

• iOS developers building SwiftUI apps who want ready animations, charts and onboarding screens.
• Teams that prototype in the Simulator and want an agent to assemble screens from known components.
• Developers who want one place for UI and the wiring behind it, such as auth, paywalls and chat.

Not for

• Web, React or Tailwind projects. For those, see the shadcn MCP server or Magic MCP.
• Reading a design file. The Figma MCP server is the right source when the design lives in Figma.
• Android and cross-platform apps. The library is SwiftUI, targeting iOS 18 and later per the README badge.

Use it with UiChemy

ShipSwift builds native iOS screens. If your project is a WordPress site, UiChemy covers that side: Composer edits inside Elementor or Gutenberg, and Figma to WordPress turns a design into editable pages. Click Get Started on uichemy.com.

Connect ShipSwift MCP Server: SwiftUI Components and Recipes to your AI client

claude mcp add --transport http shipswift https://api.shipswift.app/mcp

1. Add the hosted server

   Run the command above for Claude Code. For Gemini CLI the README gives gemini mcp add --transport http shipswift https://api.shipswift.app/mcp.

2. Other clients

   For Cursor, VS Code Copilot and Windsurf, add the same URL as an HTTP MCP server. The ShipSwift skills repo has client-specific setup.

3. Ask for a recipe

   Try prompts from the README: add a shimmer loading animation, build an authentication flow with Cognito, or show all chart components.

4. No server option

   Clone the repo and copy files from ShipSwift/SWPackage/ into your Xcode project. Each animation, chart and component file is self-contained, apart from SWUtil/.

5. Run the showcase app

   Clone the repo, open ShipSwift.xcodeproj, pick a simulator and press Cmd+R to preview components.

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shipswift": {
      "url": "https://api.shipswift.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints and ports

What you can do with it

• SwiftUI-native componentsAnimations, charts, display, feedback and input components, all written for SwiftUI.
• Metal-shader backgroundsThe README lists procedural backgrounds such as Plasma, Starfield, Metaballs and Halftone.
• App modulesMulti-file modules for authentication, camera with face detection, chat, settings and more.
• Free and Pro recipesClient code is free and MIT-licensed. Pro recipes add backend, compliance and pitfall material.
• Consistent conventionsThe SW type prefix and strict dependency rules keep generated code predictable.
• Offline pathLocal skills and plain file copy work without the MCP server.

Tools it exposes

Frequently asked questions