The ACI.dev MCP servers provide a way to access managed functions (tools) through the Model Context Protocol. These servers allow you to connect AI models with external tools and services, enabling more powerful AI applications.
You can install and run the MCP servers using the Python package manager:
# Install uv if you don't have it already
curl -sSf https://install.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3 -
pip install uv
After installation, you can check the available commands:
uvx aci-mcp --help
The package provides two different MCP servers:
The Apps Server provides direct access to functions (tools) from specific applications you specify.
uvx aci-mcp apps-server --apps "BRAVE_SEARCH,GMAIL" --linked-account-owner-id <YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>
The Unified Server provides meta functions to discover and execute all functions available on ACI.dev:
uvx aci-mcp unified-server --linked-account-owner-id <YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>
You can also run the servers using Docker:
# Build the image
docker build -t aci-mcp .
# Run the unified server
docker run --rm -i -e ACI_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> aci-mcp unified-server --linked-account-owner-id <YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>
# Run the apps server
docker run --rm -i -e ACI_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> aci-mcp apps-server --apps <APP1,APP2,...> --linked-account-owner-id <YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>
To debug the server connections, you can use the MCP inspector:
# For unified server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx aci-mcp unified-server --linked-account-owner-id <YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>
# For apps server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx aci-mcp apps-server --apps "BRAVE_SEARCH,GMAIL" --linked-account-owner-id <YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>
You can also check the logs for more detailed information:
tail -n 20 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log
For complete documentation and tutorials, visit aci.dev docs.
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "aci-mcp-apps" '{"command":"uvx","args":["aci-mcp","apps-server","--apps","BRAVE_SEARCH,GMAIL","--linked-account-owner-id","YOUR_LINKED_ACCOUNT_OWNER_ID"]}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"aci-mcp-apps": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aci-mcp",
"apps-server",
"--apps",
"BRAVE_SEARCH,GMAIL",
"--linked-account-owner-id",
"YOUR_LINKED_ACCOUNT_OWNER_ID"
]
},
"aci-mcp-unified": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aci-mcp",
"unified-server",
"--linked-account-owner-id",
"YOUR_LINKED_ACCOUNT_OWNER_ID"
]
},
"aci-mcp-vibeops": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aci-mcp",
"vibeops-server"
]
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"aci-mcp-apps": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aci-mcp",
"apps-server",
"--apps",
"BRAVE_SEARCH,GMAIL",
"--linked-account-owner-id",
"YOUR_LINKED_ACCOUNT_OWNER_ID"
]
},
"aci-mcp-unified": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aci-mcp",
"unified-server",
"--linked-account-owner-id",
"YOUR_LINKED_ACCOUNT_OWNER_ID"
]
},
"aci-mcp-vibeops": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aci-mcp",
"vibeops-server"
]
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect