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DimensionNext.js DevTools MCPConnects coding agents to your running Next.js dev serverContext7Upstash's official server providing up-to-date third-party library docs for AI coding assistants
FMRS63 / 100 · C80 / 100 · B
Reliability10 / 2014 / 20
Security and permissions12 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance12 / 2017 / 20
Documentation14 / 2015 / 20
Setup experience15 / 2018 / 20
Best for
  • Front-end developers on Next.js 16+ who want coding agents to read live dev server state directly
  • Teams using MCP-capable agent workflows such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex
  • Next.js projects that need version-accurate docs instead of fetching docs over the network
  • Developers using fast-moving frameworks/libraries worried about the AI suggesting stale code
  • Scenarios wanting zero-config documentation lookup
Not for
  • Projects not using Next.js or below version 16 (nextjs_index / nextjs_call need a running Next.js 16+ dev server)
  • Users expecting the server to fetch docs itself or drive the browser directly (nextjs_docs and browser_eval are gateways only)
  • Deployments needing non-stdio transports such as remote HTTP
  • Looking up internal/private codebase documentation (Context7 targets publicly published open-source libraries)
  • Cases needing very high coverage of obscure, niche libraries (coverage depends on what Context7's platform has indexed)
Required permissions
  • Read the project's next/package.json locally to resolve the installed Next.js version and docs path
  • Network access to local dev server ports (e.g. localhost:3000) to discover and call the /_next/mcp endpoint
  • Write local files under ~/.next-devtools-mcp/ (telemetry-id, telemetry-salt, and debug log mcp.log)
  • browser_eval may prompt installation of a global CLI: npm install -g agent-browser
  • Usable without an API key (subject to a free-tier rate limit); CONTEXT7_API_KEY is an optional credential for higher quota
  • Read-only documentation lookup — no code execution or local filesystem access involved
Risks and side effects
  • Anonymous usage telemetry is collected by default (tool usage, anonymous error messages, session ID, timestamps, and basic environment such as OS and Node.js version); your code, file contents or paths, personal data, credentials, and tool arguments are not collected. Opt out with export NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1, and delete local telemetry data with rm -rf ~/.next-devtools-mcp.
  • Upstream requests for runtime tool calls, including response-body reads, have a 60-second deadline.
  • nextjs_docs falls back to https://nextjs.org/docs when an installed release has no bundled docs and asks the agent to verify APIs against the installed version.
  • Using next-devtools-mcp@latest keeps clients on the latest version, which may introduce unexpected changes.
  • The free tier has limited quota — high-frequency use may hit rate limits
  • Documentation content comes from Context7's platform index, so its accuracy and freshness depend on that platform's crawl cadence
Supported clientsClaude Code, Cursor, Codex, Amp, Gemini, Antigravity, VS Code, WarpClaude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Cline, Amp
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