# AI integration via MCP

StarUML supports integration with various AI services (such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.) through the MCP server. The StarUML MCP Server is open-sourced in the GitHub repository. Installation and usage instructions are described in detail in the repository.

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## Configure API Server

The MCP Server communicates with StarUML's API Server using the HTTP protocol. You can disable the API Server or change the communication port.

If you want to configure API server, you can edit `settings.json` at the user configuration path:

* `/Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/StarUML` for Mac OS.
* `C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\StarUML` for Windows.
* `~/.config/StarUML` for Linux.

To control whether the API Server runs, modify the `apiServer` field. To change the API Server port number, edit the `apiServerPort` field as below. Default port number is `58321`.

```json
{
  ...
  "apiServer": true,
  "apiServerPort": 58321
}
```


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