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alex-gon/thegamecrafter-mcp-server

MCP server for The Game Crafter API — design, manage, and price tabletop games through Claude

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About alex-gon/thegamecrafter-mcp-server

An MCP server that wraps The Game Crafter API, allowing Claude to design, manage, and price tabletop games. It uses TypeScript and communicates via the Model Context Protocol to enable game creation workflows through natural language.

Best for

Tabletop game designers who want to prototype and manage games using Claude

Use cases

  • Designing and pricing custom tabletop game components
  • Managing game projects and inventory through Claude
  • Automating game design tasks via API integration

Notes

0 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-04-02. Licensed MIT.

Pros

  • Enables game design directly through conversational AI
  • Leverages The Game Crafter's existing API for real-world production
  • TypeScript codebase is accessible to many developers

Cons

  • No community adoption or stars yet, indicating early stage
  • Dependent on The Game Crafter API's availability and rate limits
  • Limited to the features exposed by the underlying API

Key facts

What we have checked

Days since the last commit
207
Checked GitHub
GitHub forks
0
Checked GitHub
GitHub stars
3
Checked GitHub
Open issues
0
Checked GitHub
Releases in the last 90 days
0
Checked GitHub

Each value shows when we last confirmed it and where it came from. Values we have not confirmed are left out, never guessed.

How to use

How to set it up

As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.

Tools exposed

  • TGC_API_KEY_ID
  • TGC_USERNAME
  • TGC_PASSWORD
  • TGC_API_BASE
  • TGC_UPLOAD_BASE_DIR
  • get_game_catalog
  • get_component_sizes
  • get_component_details
  • get_my_designers
  • get_my_games
  • get_game_details
  • create_game
  • update_game
  • delete_game
  • add_component_to_game
  • upload_file
  • get_pricing_estimate
  • new_game_setup
  • estimate_game_cost

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop

Example client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thegamecrafter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alex-gon/tgc-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TGC_API_KEY_ID": "your-api-key-id",
        "TGC_USERNAME": "your-tgc-username",
        "TGC_PASSWORD": "your-tgc-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Install

Add alex-gon/thegamecrafter-mcp-server to your client

Not verified yet

Our lab has not run this server yet. "Config checked" on a client means the recipe matches that client's documented config format; it does not mean we ran it.

Claude Code

Config checked

Run in your terminal (runs on your computer)

claude mcp add --env TGC_API_KEY_ID=YOUR_TGC_API_KEY_ID --env TGC_USERNAME=YOUR_TGC_USERNAME --env TGC_PASSWORD=YOUR_TGC_PASSWORD --transport stdio thegamecrafter -- npx -y @alex-gon/tgc-mcp-server@0.1.1

Needs TGC_API_KEY_ID, TGC_USERNAME and TGC_PASSWORD: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 0.1.1 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against Claude Code's config docs

Claude Desktop

Config checked

Add to claude_desktop_config.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thegamecrafter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alex-gon/tgc-mcp-server@0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TGC_API_KEY_ID": "YOUR_TGC_API_KEY_ID",
        "TGC_USERNAME": "YOUR_TGC_USERNAME",
        "TGC_PASSWORD": "YOUR_TGC_PASSWORD"
      }
    }
  }
}

Needs TGC_API_KEY_ID, TGC_USERNAME and TGC_PASSWORD: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 0.1.1 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against Claude Desktop's config docs

Cursor

Config checked

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thegamecrafter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alex-gon/tgc-mcp-server@0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TGC_API_KEY_ID": "YOUR_TGC_API_KEY_ID",
        "TGC_USERNAME": "YOUR_TGC_USERNAME",
        "TGC_PASSWORD": "YOUR_TGC_PASSWORD"
      }
    }
  }
}

Needs TGC_API_KEY_ID, TGC_USERNAME and TGC_PASSWORD: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 0.1.1 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against Cursor's config docs

VS Code

Config checked

Add to .vscode/mcp.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tgc-api-key-id",
      "description": "Your TGC API key ID from thegamecrafter.com/account/apikeys",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tgc-username",
      "description": "Your TGC account username",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tgc-password",
      "description": "Your TGC account password",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "thegamecrafter": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alex-gon/tgc-mcp-server@0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TGC_API_KEY_ID": "${input:tgc-api-key-id}",
        "TGC_USERNAME": "${input:tgc-username}",
        "TGC_PASSWORD": "${input:tgc-password}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Needs TGC_API_KEY_ID, TGC_USERNAME and TGC_PASSWORD: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 0.1.1 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against VS Code's config docs

Codex

Config checked

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml (runs on your computer)

[mcp_servers.thegamecrafter]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@alex-gon/tgc-mcp-server@0.1.1"]
env_vars = ["TGC_API_KEY_ID", "TGC_USERNAME", "TGC_PASSWORD"]

Needs TGC_API_KEY_ID, TGC_USERNAME and TGC_PASSWORD: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 0.1.1 · From the Official MCP registry, read · Format checked against Codex's config docs

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Works with

What alex-gon/thegamecrafter-mcp-server connects to

5 clients, each with how we know and when we checked.

Works withTypeHow we knowChecked
Claude CodeClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.1Config checkedClaude Code docs
Claude DesktopClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.1Config checkedClaude Desktop docs
CursorClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.1Config checkedCursor docs
VS CodeClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.1Config checkedVS Code docs
CodexClientInstall recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 0.1.1Config checkedCodex docs

Health and security

Is alex-gon/thegamecrafter-mcp-server looked after, and what do its setup files show

Health score

18 out of 100

Does someone look after this repository? It does not say the code is good or safe. Worked out from GitHub signals checked . How it is worked out

PartPointsWhat we saw
Recent activity14.1 of 30Last push 207 days ago
Releases0 of 150 releases in 90 days
Issue repliesNot countedThe latest check has no issue response reading (fewer than 3 measured issues, or issues switched off)
Maintainer0 of 15Owned by a single user
Official source0 of 20Community server

Sources

Where this comes from

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