Test Your MCP App UI Locally — React Fluent UI + MCP Inspector
Building an MCP app with a React Fluent UI interface?
Don't wait for a client to test it. MCP Inspector lets you load your app component, interact with it live, and see the full tool round-trip — all locally, in seconds.
In this short:
⚡ Launch Inspector from VS Code with one command
🔌 Connect your MCP server (local or hosted)
🛠️ Validate raw tool calls in the Tools tab
🖥️ Load and interact with your Fluent UI app widget in the Apps tab
One command to start:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
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