Nuget

Name: Nuget
Author: NuGet

NuGet/Home

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Updated July 27, 2026
NuGet/Home

com.microsoft/nuget is a MCP server that lets AI agents query and work with the NuGet package ecosystem via stdio.

About

com.microsoft/nuget is a Model Context Protocol server that exposes NuGet.org capabilities to AI agents in your editor. Developers shipping.NET APIs, CLIs, or SaaS backends often stall on which package to pick, whether a version is compatible, or what transitive dependencies imply—this server lets the agent query that catalog context without leaving the chat. Install the NuGet.Mcp.Server package and register stdio transport in Claude Code, Cursor, or other MCP-capable hosts. It is a narrow integration tool, not a full build pipeline: you still edit project files and run dotnet restore locally. Best when you already use MCP for agent-tooling and want first-party registry access instead of pasted search results.

MCP stdio server package NuGet.Mcp.Server v1.4.3 on nuget.org
Connects agents to the public NuGet v3 API index
Official Microsoft/NuGet.Home MCP subfolder implementation
Useful for dependency audits, upgrade paths, and package metadata questions

Nuget by the numbers

Data as of Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)

claude mcp add Nuget -- npx -y NuGet/Home

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What it does

Let your coding agent search, inspect, and reason about NuGet packages while you wire.NET dependencies.

Who is it for?

.NET or mixed-stack developers who use MCP daily and want package lookup inside the agent loop.

Skip if: Skip if you're on npm-only or Python-only stacks with no NuGet surface area.

What you get

Your agent can ground dependency recommendations in NuGet.org data while you integrate .NET libraries.

Live NuGet catalog queries from the agent
Grounded package and version suggestions for .NET integrations

By the numbers

Server schema version 1.4.3
Single stdio package: NuGet.Mcp.Server on registryType nuget
Registry base URL: https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json

README.md

NuGet logo

NuGet Home

The Home repository is the starting point for people to learn about NuGet, the project. If you're new to NuGet, and want to add packages to your own projects, check our docs. This repo contains pointers to the various GitHub repositories used by NuGet and allows folks to learn more about what's coming in NuGet.

NuGet is being actively developed by the .NET Foundation. NuGet is the package manager for the Microsoft development platform including .NET. The NuGet client tools provide the ability to produce and consume packages. The NuGet Gallery is the central package repository used by all package authors and consumers and has a live deployment at www.nuget.org.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

NuGet Design Proposals

This repo contains design proposals for NuGet. It focuses on designs for the NuGet client tooling, NuGet.org public repository, and NuGet Package Manager inside Visual Studio.

Documentation and Further Learning

NuGet Docs

The NuGet Docs are the ideal place to start if you are new to NuGet. They are categorized in 3 broader topics:

Consume NuGet packages in your projects;
Create NuGet packages to learn about packaging and publishing your own NuGet Packages;
Contribute to NuGet gives an overview of how you can contribute to the various NuGet projects.

NuGet Blog

The NuGet Blog is where we announce new features, write engineering blog posts, demonstrate proof-of-concepts and features under development.

Contributing

There are many ways in which you can participate in the project, for example:

If you are interested in fixing issues and contributing directly to the code base, please see the document Contribute To NuGet, which covers the following:

How to build and run from source
The development workflow, including debugging and running tests
Coding guidelines
Submitting pull requests
Finding an issue to work on
And much more!

Note: Not all of our repositories are open for contribution yet. Ping us if unsure.

Feedback

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Follow @nuget and let us know what you think!

If you're having trouble with the NuGet.org Website, file a bug on the NuGet Gallery Issue Tracker.

If you're having trouble with the NuGet client tools (the Visual Studio extension, NuGet.exe command line tool, etc.), file a bug on NuGet Home.

Repos and Projects

NuGet client tools - this repo contains the following clients:
- NuGet command-line tool 4.0 and higher
- Visual Studio Extension (2017 and later)
- PowerShell CmdLets

NuGet.org is backed by several core services:

NuGetGallery - the current NuGet Gallery
NuGet.Jobs - NuGet's back-end jobs and services
ServerCommon - shared libraries for running NuGet.org

NuGet.Server is a lightweight standalone NuGet server.

NuGet Documentation contains NuGet's documentation.

A full list of all the repos is available as well.

NuGet Packages by the NuGet team

We dogfood all of our stuff. NuGet uses NuGet to build NuGet, so to speak. All of our NuGet packages, which you can use in your own projects as well, are available from our NuGet.org profile page.