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NVIDIA Elements

NVIDIA Elements is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. NVIDIA Elements UI design system and agent tools for AI/ML, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. It has 94 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @nvidia-elements/cli.

github.com/NVIDIA/elements (opens in a new tab)

Install NVIDIA Elements

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nvidia-elements": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nvidia-elements/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio nvidia-elements -- npx -y @nvidia-elements/cli

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nvidia-elements": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nvidia-elements/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "nvidia-elements": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nvidia-elements/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Tools (13)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • api_list

    Get list of all available Elements (nve-\*) APIs and components.

  • api_get

    Get documentation known components or attributes by name (nve-\*).

  • api_validate

    Checks HTML and JSON files or supplied content with Elements lint rules.

  • api_imports_get

    Get esm imports for a given HTML template using Elements APIs (nve-\*).

  • api_tokens_list

    Get available semantic CSS custom properties / design tokens for theming.

  • packages_list

    Get latest published versions of all Elements packages.

  • packages_get

    Get details for a specific Elements package.

  • packages_changelogs_get

    Retrieve changelog details by package name.

  • examples_list

    Get list of available Elements (nve-\*) patterns and examples.

  • examples_get

    Get the full template of a known example or pattern by id.

  • project_create

    Create a new starter project.

  • project_validate

    Check project for configuration issues and dependencies.

  • project_setup

    Setup or update a project to use Elements.

About NVIDIA Elements

NVIDIA Design System and UI Agent Harness for AI/ML Factories, Robotics, and Autonomous Vehicles. The @nvidia-elements/cli is a dual-mode command-line tool for the Elements Design System. It provides interactive CLI commands and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI assistant integration.

  • ui
  • cli
  • angular
  • react
  • typescript
  • vue
  • mcp-server
  • web-component
  • design-system
  • mcp

FAQ

NVIDIA Elements FAQ

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What is NVIDIA Elements?

NVIDIA Elements is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. NVIDIA Elements UI design system and agent tools for AI/ML, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. It has 94 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @nvidia-elements/cli. The source code is at github.com/NVIDIA/elements.

How do I install the NVIDIA Elements MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @nvidia-elements/cli to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is NVIDIA Elements free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is NVIDIA Elements actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is @nvidia-elements/core-v2.12.0, published Oct 5, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.