---
title: Use Polaris with the Shopify dev MCP server
description: >-
  Learn how to enable Polaris tooling in the Shopify dev MCP server to
  accelerate app development.
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/polaris/using-mcp'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/polaris/using-mcp.md'
---

# Use Polaris with the Shopify dev MCP server

Learn how to enable Polaris tooling in the Shopify dev MCP server to accelerate app development.

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## Requirements

* You must have [node](https://nodejs.org/en) version 20 or higher installed.
* You need a LLM-enabled development environment that's capable of integrating with [Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol).

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## Run the MCP server

Run the following command to start the Shopify dev MCP server:

## Terminal

```terminal
npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest
```

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## MCP configuration

You can add the `npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest` command for different dev environments to add the MCP integration:

## File

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopify-dev-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@shopify/dev-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}
```

After configuring your tooling, be sure to tell your agent to use available tools that help you build with web components across all supported surfaces.

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## Next steps

Learn about the various surfaces where you can use web components:

* [App Home](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/app-home)
* [Admin UI extensions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-extensions)
* [Checkout UI extensions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/checkout-ui-extensions)
* [Customer Account UI extensions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions)
* [POS UI extensions](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions)

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