LottieFiles MCP Server

The LottieFiles MCP Server bridges the gap between AI assistants and a vast library of lightweight, JSON‑based animations. By exposing LottieFiles’ search, detail retrieval, and popularity endpoints through the Model Context Protocol, developers can embed rich motion graphics directly into conversational flows or UI prototypes without handling media assets themselves. This server solves the common pain point of manually searching, downloading, and hosting animation files when building AI‑powered applications that require dynamic visual content.

At its core, the server offers three primary tools. The Search Animations tool lets clients query LottieFiles by keyword, returning paginated lists of matching animations. The Get Animation Details tool fetches metadata—including title, author, tags, and the raw Lottie JSON—by ID. Finally, Get Popular Animations provides a quick way to surface trending or featured animations, also supporting pagination. These tools are lightweight and stateless, making them ideal for integration into real‑time assistant workflows where latency matters.

Developers can leverage the server in a variety of scenarios: an AI‑driven design assistant that recommends animations for user interfaces, a chatbot that enriches responses with animated icons, or a content creation tool that automatically embeds motion graphics into presentations. Because the MCP server returns the Lottie JSON directly, downstream clients can render animations in any compatible framework (e.g., React‑Lottie, Flutter Lottie) without additional conversion steps. This seamless data flow reduces the overhead of managing third‑party media libraries.

The LottieFiles MCP Server stands out by providing a dedicated, protocol‑compliant interface to a large public dataset. Unlike generic web scraping or API wrappers that require authentication keys, this server abstracts those details and presents a clean, consistent schema. It also handles pagination transparently, allowing AI assistants to fetch large result sets in manageable chunks. For developers building multimodal experiences—combining text, images, and motion—the server offers a single entry point to integrate animated content, saving time on asset procurement and licensing concerns.