LottieFiles MCP server

The LottieFiles MCP server provides an interface for searching and retrieving Lottie animations from LottieFiles using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It allows you to search animations, retrieve animation details, and get lists of popular animations.

Installation

Via Smithery (Recommended)

You can install the LottieFiles Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y smithery install mcp-server-lottiefiles --client claude

Manual Installation

If you prefer to install manually:

npm install

Usage

Starting the Server

To start the MCP server:

npm start

After starting the server, you can connect to it using any MCP client.

Available API Tools

The server provides the following tools:

Search Animations

Search for Lottie animations by keywords.

Parameters:

• query: Search keywords
• page: Page number (optional, default: 1)
• limit: Items per page (optional, default: 20)

Get Animation Details

Retrieve detailed information about a specific Lottie animation.

Parameters:

• id: Unique identifier of the animation

Get Popular Animations

Fetch a list of currently popular Lottie animations.

Parameters:

• page: Page number (optional, default: 1)
• limit: Items per page (optional, default: 20)

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "lottiefiles" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","mcp-server-lottiefiles"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

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.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

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": {
        "lottiefiles": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-server-lottiefiles"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

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.

How to use the MCP server

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.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "lottiefiles": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-server-lottiefiles"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect