# tesserae-mcp

> MCP bridge for Tesserae: build e-ink canvas dashboards with an AI agent.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/tesserae-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Kayden D'Mello
- homepage: https://github.com/dmellok/tesserae/tree/main/packages/tesserae-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/dmellok/tesserae/tree/main/packages/tesserae-mcp
- version: 0.18.1
- license: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, tesserae, e-ink, dashboard, ai
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:tesserae-mcp

### Description (declared)

# tesserae-mcp

> Part of the [Tesserae](https://github.com/dmellok/tesserae) monorepo
> (`packages/tesserae-mcp`), so the bridge stays in lockstep with the `/api/mcp`
> surface it wraps. Published to PyPI as `tesserae-mcp`.

The [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) bridge for
[Tesserae](https://github.com/dmellok/tesserae). It lets an AI agent (Claude
Desktop, Claude Code, or any MCP client) build **freeform (canvas) dashboards**
for your e-ink panels: it lists your widgets and devices, lays out a canvas,
**renders a preview to check its own work**, and pushes to a panel.

This is a thin stdio client. It talks to a running Tesserae over its `/api/mcp`
HTTP surface, so the rendering, widgets, and devices all come from your own
Tesserae instance.

```
create_canvas_page → set_canvas → render_preview → (look) → set_canvas → …
```

## Prerequisites

A running Tesserae with the MCP API enabled: **Settings → System → MCP → Enable
MCP API**. If this bridge runs on a *different* machine from Tesserae, also
**Regenerate token** there and copy it.

## Install

Run this on the machine where your **agent** runs (your laptop/desktop), which
may be different from where Tesserae runs.

```bash
pipx install tesserae-mcp
```

That gives you the `tesserae-mcp` command. Upgrade it later with `pipx upgrade
tesserae-mcp`; Tesserae flags an out-of-date bridge under **Settings → System →
MCP** once one has connected.

(From source: `pip install "git+https://github.com/dmellok/tesserae#subdirectory=packages/tesserae-mcp"`.
The standalone `dmellok/tesserae-mcp` repo is archived at 0.5.0 — development
moved into the monorepo.)

## Configure your agent

Point your MCP client at `tesserae-mcp`. Example (Claude Desktop / Claude Code
`mcpServers` config):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tesserae": {
      "command": "tesserae-mcp",
      "env": {
        "TESSERAE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8765",
        "TESSERAE_MCP_TOKEN": "<your-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

- `TESSERAE_URL` — where y…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- analytics.reporting (1, declared)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/tesserae-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T14:22:02.635Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/tesserae-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/tesserae-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:tesserae-mcp