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Dashboard Icons MCP Server: Setup for Claude Code, Cursor and Other Apps

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Lets Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT find icons and logos for your dashboard and return ready CDN links or SVG code.

This is the Dashboard Icons project's own hosted server, so there is nothing to install. The six icon tools read the catalog and need no sign-in. The three account tools ask you to sign in to dashboardicons.com first. They can submit icons and propose changes, which maintainers review before anything is published.

Good for

  • Homelab users building Homarr, Homepage or Dashy dashboards
  • Developers who need a logo for a service and its license
  • Designers who want to submit or fix icons from the chat

Works in

14 should work

Tap an app to see how to set it up and any known problems.

Install dashboard-icons MCP

Claude Code

  1. 1

    Copy this prompt.

    Add the dashboard-icons MCP server to Claude Code. Run this command:
    
    claude mcp add --transport http dashboard-icons https://dashboardicons.com/api/mcp
    
    Then check that it loaded and tell me if I need to sign in or restart.
  2. 2

    Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Built from the package data we hold. Not yet tested by us.

Tools

  • Finds the best icon for a list of apps

    Matches up to 50 service names to their best icon in one call, ignoring case and punctuation, and falls back to fuzzy search.

    Try: “Find icons for Plex, Pi-hole and Nextcloud.”

    Network · match_icons

  • Searches icons by name or category

    Fuzzy search across icon names, aliases and categories, with optional source and limit.

    Try: “Search for a database icon.”

    Network · search_icons

  • Shows an icon's links and license

    Returns CDN links for SVG, PNG and WEBP in each theme, plus aliases, categories and the license for icons from other catalogs.

    Try: “Give me all formats for the grafana icon.”

    Network · get_icon

  • Gets an icon as SVG code

    Returns the raw SVG markup for one icon, in default, light or dark theme.

    Try: “Show the dark SVG for github.”

    Network · get_icon_svg

  • Pages through the icon list

    Lists icons without a search, sorted by name or newest, with a category filter and paging.

    Try: “Show the newest icons.”

    Network · browse_icons

  • Lists icon categories

    Lists categories with icon counts, largest first.

    Try: “What icon categories are there?”

    Network · list_categories

  • Submits a new icon for review

    Sends a new SVG icon as your signed-in account. It becomes a pending community submission in the review queue.

    Try: “Submit my-app.svg as a new icon called my-app.”

    Write · submit_icon

  • Proposes a change to an existing icon

    Files an update proposal for maintainers to review, which can replace artwork, change aliases or categories, or ask to remove a variant.

    Try: “Propose a dark variant for the plex icon.”

    Write · propose_icon_update

  • Lists your icon submissions

    Lists your submissions, newest first, with status and any reviewer comment.

    Try: “What happened to my icon submissions?”

    Network · list_my_submissions

From the official docs

Permissions

medium risk · 2 things to watch

Medium risk

The icon tools only read a public catalog. If you sign in, the assistant can also file icon submissions and update proposals under your account, which maintainers review first.

What it can do

Watch out for

  • Account tools can file submissions as you

    After you sign in, the assistant can submit icons and propose edits under your account. Nothing goes live without maintainer review. github.com

  • Usage is rate limited

    The server allows 60 requests and 30 tool calls per minute per IP address. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 1, 2026.

Technical details
Turning on read-onlyConnect to the public address https://dashboardicons.com/api/mcp/public, which exposes only the six read-only icon tools.
Talks todashboardicons.com
Sign-in and keysPublic tools need no sign-in. Account tools use a sign-in to dashboardicons.com.

Questions

Is the Dashboard Icons MCP server official?

Yes. It is run by the Dashboard Icons project from its own repository, and its docs are in that repo.

What is the Dashboard Icons MCP server URL?

https://dashboardicons.com/api/mcp. For a read-only version with no account tools, use https://dashboardicons.com/api/mcp/public.

Do I need to sign in?

No for finding and fetching icons. Only the submit, propose and list-my-submissions tools need a dashboardicons.com sign-in, and clients open the sign-in page when they get a 401.

Which icons does it search?

Its own icons plus the selfh.st, LobeHub and Simple Icons catalogs. Its own icons win ties.

Which AI apps does it work in?

The docs give steps for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Hermes Agent and OpenClaw. For apps that only run local servers, use the mcp-remote bridge shown in the docs.

Is it free?

The docs mention no fee. Requests are limited to 60 a minute per IP address.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Publisher
Official
Transport
Streamable HTTP
Auth
None
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
Oct 26, 2026
Open issues
22

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Sources

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Facts from the official MCP registry, GitHub, npm, PyPI and the Docker catalog. Updated Nov 2, 2026.