Is Napari Mcp safe to use?

Napari Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

How do I install Napari Mcp?

Napari Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Napari Mcp do?

Napari Mcp provides 4 tools: session_information, configure_viewer, Stateful, Extensible. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Napari Mcp?

Napari Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.

Is Napari Mcp actively maintained?

Napari Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 54 days ago. It has 34 GitHub stars.

Napari Mcp

Name: Napari Mcp
Author: royerlab

napari-mcp · by royerlab

🔬 MCP server for AI-powered napari control. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other LLMs to napari for interactive image analysis. Perfect for automating microscopy workflows and building intelligent image analysis tools.

34 4 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

BSD-3-Clause license

Maintained

Last commit 54d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse

4 tools · ~153 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "napari-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "napari-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What Napari Mcp does

MCP server for remote control of napari viewers via Model Context Protocol (MCP). Perfect for AI-assisted microscopy analysis with Claude Desktop and other LLM applications.

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Is Napari Mcp safe to use?: Napari Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.
How do I install Napari Mcp?: Napari Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Napari Mcp do?: Napari Mcp provides 4 tools: session_information, configure_viewer, Stateful, Extensible. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Napari Mcp?: Napari Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is Napari Mcp actively maintained?: Napari Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 54 days ago. It has 34 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "napari-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "napari-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What Napari Mcp does

MCP server for remote control of napari viewers via Model Context Protocol (MCP). Perfect for AI-assisted microscopy analysis with Claude Desktop and other LLM applications.

Test This Server

This server supports HTTP transport. Be the first to test it — help the community know if it works.

README

Napari MCP Server

MCP server for remote control of napari viewers via Model Context Protocol (MCP). Perfect for AI-assisted microscopy analysis with Claude Desktop and other LLM applications.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d261674c-9875-4671-8c60-a7f49d6f1b84

🚀 Quick Start (3 Steps)

1. Install the Package

pip install napari-mcp

2. Auto-Configure Your AI Application

# For Claude Desktop
napari-mcp-install install claude-desktop

# Include a napari GUI backend in the uv environment
napari-mcp-install install claude-desktop --backend pyqt6

# For other applications (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, etc.)
napari-mcp-install install --help  # See all options

3. Restart Your Application & Start Using

Restart your AI app and you're ready! Try asking:

"Can you call session_information() to show my napari session details?"

→ See Full Documentation for detailed guides

🔌 Using as a napari Plugin

napari-mcp can also be used as a napari plugin for direct integration with a running napari session:

Start napari normally: napari
Open the widget: Plugins → napari-mcp: MCP Server Control
Click "Start Server" to expose your current session to AI assistants
Connect your AI app using the standard installer: napari-mcp-install install <app>

This mode enables AI assistants to control your current napari session rather than starting a new viewer. Perfect for integrating with existing workflows!

→ See Plugin Guide for detailed instructions

🎯 What Can You Do?

Basic Image Analysis

"Load the image from ./data/sample.tif and apply a viridis colormap"
"Create point annotations at coordinates [[100,100], [200,200]]"
"Take a screenshot and save it"

Advanced Workflows

"Execute this code to create a filtered version:
from scipy import ndimage
filtered = ndimage.gaussian_filter(viewer.layers[0].data, sigma=2)
viewer.add_image(filtered, name='filtered')"

"Install scikit-image and segment the cells in this microscopy image"

3D/4D Navigation

"Switch to 3D display mode"
"Navigate to time point 5, Z-slice 10"
"Create a rotating animation of this volume"

Automated Workflows

Want to automate image processing with Python scripts? Use any LLM (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) with napari MCP:

→ See Python Integration Examples for batch processing and workflow automation

🤖 Supported AI Applications

Application	Command	Status
Claude Desktop	`napari-mcp-install install claude-desktop`	✅ Full Support
Claude Code	`napari-mcp-install install claude-code`	✅ Full Support
Cursor IDE	`napari-mcp-install install cursor`	✅ Full Support
Cline (VS Code)	`napari-mcp-install install cline-vscode`	✅ Full Support
Cline (Cursor)	`napari-mcp-install install cline-cursor`	✅ Full Support
Gemini CLI	`napari-mcp-install install gemini`	✅ Full Support
Codex CLI	`napari-mcp-install install codex`	✅ Full Support

→ See Integration Guides for application-specific instructions

🛠 Available MCP Tools

The server exposes 16 tools for complete napari cont

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Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

83/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−17

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked napari-mcp against OSV.dev.

Inventory

Tools (4)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~153 tokens total

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Napari Mcp safe to use?: Napari Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.
How do I install Napari Mcp?: Napari Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Napari Mcp do?: Napari Mcp provides 4 tools: session_information, configure_viewer, Stateful, Extensible. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Napari Mcp?: Napari Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is Napari Mcp actively maintained?: Napari Mcp is recently maintained — last commit was 54 days ago. It has 34 GitHub stars.