# tui-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to automate and interact with Terminal User Interface (TUI) applications, taking screenshots, sending keystrokes, and reading text from any TUI framework. It solves problems related to testing, automation, and integration of TUI apps, providing a programmatic interface to interact with them. With tui-mcp, you can launch TUI apps, send inputs, and receive outputs, making it ideal for automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and other automated workflows.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/nvms-tui-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/nvms-tui-mcp

## Description

What Chrome DevTools MCP is for the browser, tui-mcp is for the terminal. Launch any TUI app, take screenshots, send keystrokes, read text - works with any framework.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.94
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** browser-automation
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ho7i6w7z7d)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nvms/tui-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nvms-tui-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/nvms-tui-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/nvms-tui-mcp/pull`

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