WidgetDash runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 83 installs a week from npm. Last commit 28 Oct 2026.
Push any number to your iPhone Home Screen / Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check WidgetDash every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add widgetdash-mcp -e 'WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY=<WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY>' -- npx -y widgetdash-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"widgetdash-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"widgetdash-mcp"
],
"env": {
"WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY": "<WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.widgetdash-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "widgetdash-mcp"]
env = { WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY = "<WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"widgetdash-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"widgetdash-mcp"
],
"env": {
"WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY": "<WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"widgetdash-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"widgetdash-mcp"
],
"env": {
"WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY": "<WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<WIDGETDASH_WRITE_KEY> (WidgetDash write key (from https://widgetdash.app/app). Required to push or delete widget data).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
WIDGETDASH_READ_KEY (Optional WidgetDash read key for read-only tools. Falls back to the write key), WIDGETDASH_API_URL (API base URL).
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WidgetDash — questions
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