Burnish — Swagger UI for MCP

Created By

danfking16 days ago

Explorer-first MCP client that renders any MCP server's tools as interactive UI — no LLM required, no tool-calling loop. Point it at any MCP server over stdio or SSE and get cards, tables, charts, forms, pipelines, and dashboards auto-generated from your tool outputs. Install with `npx burnish -- <your-mcp-server>`.

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# mcp

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Overview

Burnish — Swagger UI for MCP

Explorer-first MCP client. Point it at any MCP server and get an interactive UI — no LLM, no tool-calling loop, no chat window. Just your tools, rendered as the right component for the shape of their output.

Install & run

# Against any MCP server
npx burnish -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /tmp

# Against the showcase example server (34 tools, every rendering path)
npx burnish -- npx -y @burnishdev/example-server

# Against a remote SSE server
npx burnish --sse https://your-server.example.com/sse

Server Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "burnish-example": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@burnishdev/example-server"
      ]
    },
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/tmp"
      ]
    },
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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