search_metal_docsLABSCO SUMMARY
Metal questions get answered from Metal's own documentation.
Search and generation sit side by side, so the usual sequence — find the right API, then write the boilerplate that uses it — happens in one place, in the language you are actually writing in.
What it is
A documentation and code-generation helper for Apple's Metal framework. It searches Metal documentation and examples by natural-language query, and generates code for a described task in one of three languages.
What you get
- Metal documentation and code examples searched by natural-language query, with the number of results under your control
- Metal code generated for a described task, in Objective-C, Swift or the Metal shading language
- A getting-started guide and a best-practices document exposed as resources, readable without a search
Requirements
Node.js, with the server built from source before it is registered in your client's configuration.
Setup effort
Build from source — git clone https://github.com/aldrin-labs/metal-mcp-server.git
USE CASES
01
Finding the right Metal API for what you are doing
Describe the task in ordinary words and get the relevant documentation and examples back, rather than guessing at class names in the reference.
02
Getting past the boilerplate
Generate the setup code for a common Metal task in Swift, Objective-C or the shading language, and start from something that compiles.
03
Starting a Metal project from scratch
Read the getting-started guide it exposes as a resource, then search for the specific pieces as the shape of the project becomes clear.
04
Checking an approach against best practice
Pull the optimization and best-practices material before committing to a rendering path, which is much cheaper than finding out from a profiler later.
2 tools
Listed in project docs. Your client may show a different list.
generate_metal_codeBEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools named in the project's documentation.
Where it runs
The documented client runs the server on your machine.
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
You clone and build this one yourself.
Server setup
TERMINAL
git clone https://github.com/aldrin-labs/metal-mcp-server.git
cd metal-mcp-server
npm install
npm run buildMCP Clients
Any MCP client
ANY MCP CLIENT · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"metal": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"<YOUR_PATH_TO_METAL_MCP>/build/index.js"
]
}
}
}
