Ignite UI Theming MCP

The Ignite UI Theming repository collects a set of Sass mixins, functions, and variables used to create themes for a variety of UI frameworks built by Infragistics. The theming package makes it super easy to create palettes, elevations and typography styles for your projects.

Repository Structure

This repository is an npm workspaces monorepo with two packages:

The igniteui-theming package is the only published artifact — it includes both the Sass theming library and the MCP server binary.

The MCP server is also listed in the MCP Registry as io.github.IgniteUI/igniteui-theming. The server.json at the repo root is its registry manifest, published automatically on release.

Common commands from the repo root:

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npm install    # install all workspace dependencies
npm run build  # build theming + MCP in dependency order
npm test       # run all tests across both packages
npm run lint   # lint all packages

Palettes

We provide four predefined palettes - material, bootstrap, fluent and indigo that have all the necessary colors along with diffent variants of those colors to make it even easier picking the right one for your case. Here's what they look like:

To access any of the colors in the palettes, you can use the color function:

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background: color($light-material-palette, 'primary', 500);

You can take a further look on what color functions and mixins the package contains and how to use them in the Colors Wiki Page

Typography

Another valuable module of our theming package is the typography, helping you have consistency all over your project. There are again four typography presets for the four themes that we provide out of the box.

You can set any of the typefaces by using the typography mixin, which accepts 2 arguments(font-family and type-scale). By default the typography is using the material typeface and type-scale.

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@include typography($font-family: $material-typeface, $type-scale: $material-type-scale);

Learn more about the typography module in the package by checking out the Typography Wiki Page

Elevations

The theming package is providing one preset of shadows that can be used to give your components a lift. They're super helpful using with buttons, cards, navigation bars, etc.

You can set elevations 0-24, by using the elevation function, which accepts the elevation level as an argument:

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box-shadow: elevation(12);

Learn more about elevations and their abilities in the Elevations Wiki Page

Usage

In order to use the Ignite UI Theming in your application you should install the igniteui-theming package:

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npm install igniteui-theming

Next, you will need to use it in the file that you want like this:

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@use '.../node_modules/igniteui-theming/' as *;

You can also use just a fraction of the package:

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@use '.../node_modules/igniteui-theming/sass/color' as *;

We provide presets for material, bootstrap, fluent and indigo themes for the color(light and dark palettes), typography and elevations fractions. You can import them into your scss file like this:

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@use '.../node_modules/igniteui-theming/sass/typography/presets' as *;

You can read more about what the package contains on the Wiki page

Linting and Testing

To scan the project for linting errors, run

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npm run lint

To run the suite of tests, run

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npm run test

Testing and Debugging

Preview Palettes

Run from packages/theming. Pass the palette (material, bootstrap, fluent, indigo) and variant (light or dark).

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npm run preview:palette -- --palette=material --variant=light

MCP Server (AI-Assisted Theming)

The Ignite UI Theming package includes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to generate production-ready theming code for your Ignite UI applications. This MCP server is part of the larger AI-assisted development toolchain for Ignite UI.

What is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol allows AI assistants (like Claude, GitHub Copilot, and others) to connect to external tools and data sources. The Ignite UI Theming MCP server acts as an expert theming assistant that can:

• 🎨 Generate color palettes with automatic shade variations
• 📝 Create typography systems following design standards
• 🌓 Build complete themes for light and dark modes
• 🎯 Customize components with design tokens
• ✅ Validate colors for accessibility compliance

Quick Start

Most users don't need to clone anything. The server ships inside the published igniteui-theming package and is listed in the MCP Registry as io.github.IgniteUI/igniteui-theming — clients that support registry installation can add it by that name, and everything else uses the npx configuration shown below.

To run it from source instead:

1. Clone and Build

Clone the repository and build:

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npm install
npm run build

2. Configure Your AI Client

The MCP server works with any MCP-compatible client. Here are setup instructions for popular clients:

For local development - Create or edit .vscode/mcp.json:

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{
  "servers": {
    "igniteui-theming": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/igniteui-theming/packages/theming/dist/mcp/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Using published package:

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{
  "servers": {
    "igniteui-theming": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "igniteui-theming"]
    }
  }
}

1. Go to Settings → Tools → AI Assistant → MCP Servers
2. Click + Add MCP Server
3. Configure:
   • Name: igniteui-theming
   • Command: node (for local) or npx (for package)
   • Arguments:
     • Local: /absolute/path/to/igniteui-theming/packages/theming/dist/mcp/index.js
     • Package: -y igniteui-theming
4. Click OK and restart AI Assistant

Add to your configuration file:

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

For local development:

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "igniteui-theming": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/igniteui-theming/packages/theming/dist/mcp/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Using published package:

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "igniteui-theming": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "igniteui-theming"]
    }
  }
}

Create or edit .cursor/mcp.json in your project:

For local development:

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "igniteui-theming": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/igniteui-theming/packages/theming/dist/mcp/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Using published package:

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "igniteui-theming": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "igniteui-theming"]
    }
  }
}

What Can It Do?

🎨 Create Complete Themes

Simply describe your theme to your AI assistant:

"Create a Material Design dark theme for my Angular app with that takes inspiration from the Gruvbox color scheme."

The AI will generate production-ready Sass code with:

• Color palette with all shade variations
• Typography setup with proper type scales
• Elevation shadows
• Platform-specific imports and configuration

🌈 Generate Color Palettes

"Generate a light theme palette using teal as primary and purple as secondary"

Get perfectly calculated color shades following design system standards.

📝 Setup Typography

"Set up typography using Inter font with Material Design type scale for Web Components"

Get proper typography configuration with font families and responsive type scales.

🎯 Customize Components

"What design tokens are available for the button component?"

"Create a flat button theme with purple background and white text"

Discover and customize individual component styles using design tokens.

Available Capabilities

The MCP server provides 8 tools and 16 resources:

Tools (Actions)

Resources (Reference Data)

• Platform Information: Configuration for Angular, Web Components, React, and Blazor
• Preset Libraries: Pre-built palettes, typography, and elevation sets
• Color Guidance: Best practices for color selection and usage
• Design System Schemas: Material, Bootstrap, Fluent, and Indigo configurations

Supported Platforms

• Angular - igniteui-angular
• Web Components - igniteui-webcomponents
• React - igniteui-react
• Blazor - igniteui-blazor

Example Interactions

You: "I'm starting a new Angular project with Ignite UI. Create a complete Material Design theme with primary blue, secondary coral, light theme, and Roboto font"

AI: Uses create_theme tool and generates complete Sass code ready to use

You: "I need a dark mode version with the same primary blue but dark surface"

AI: Uses create_theme with variant: "dark" and generates dark theme code

You: "What properties can I customize on the card component?"

AI: Uses get_component_design_tokens to show available tokens

You: "Make the card have a light gray background with subtle shadow"

AI: Uses create_component_theme to generate component theme code

Full Documentation

For detailed documentation including:

• Complete tool parameter reference
• All prompt examples
• Platform-specific differences
• Troubleshooting guide
• Development instructions

See the MCP Server README

Development Scripts

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# Build for production (theming + MCP)
npm run build

# Run tests
npm run test

# Debug with MCP Inspector (from packages/mcp)
npm run inspect

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.