Yard in your MCP tools
Connect agent clients to your local projects.
Connect a project
Yard provides an MCP server over standard input/output. Keep the app open for agent operations and preview captures.
yard mcp --project "/path/to/My Project" --read-only
In a desktop MCP client, configure yard as the command and pass mcp, --project, and the absolute path as separate arguments.
Begin with read-only access
--project limits visible projects and sites. --read-only disables state-changing tools. Write-enabled clients can create tasks and run work; review their plan and delivery policy first. Approvals remain tied to the reviewed commit.
Preview and privacy
Captures use a fresh browser rather than authenticated Studio sessions. Resources are limited to the selected site and its validated Vite server. Loading pages still executes their JavaScript and normal GET requests.
Do not expose Yard’s internal API online. A hosted client needs its own authenticated transport to the local MCP process. Yard does not create a tunnel automatically.