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Last Updated: 19 Feb 2026 10:48 by ADMIN
Peter
Created on: 12 Feb 2026 20:22
Category: UI for Blazor
Type: Feature Request
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NODE INSTALL REQUIRED FOR AI MCP ASSISTANT TO WORK


Hi, 

   I have a new laptop with a fresh install of visual studio and telerik etc etc.  When I went to get the ai coding assistants to work, nothing I did worked.  Spent hours trying to figure it out when Claude suggested I install NODE.  After I did that, and went the the telerik blazor extension to "Configure MCP server globally" the ai worked.

   First, have the configuration check to see if node is working and installed and give a warning if it is not, or let people know that it needs to be installed to make it work.  Secondly, add this to the documentation.  Such a pain in the ass when the documentation isn't complete.  The amount of time i spent on this is stupid compared to how simple the solution was.

Peter

1 comment
ADMIN
Ivan Danchev
Posted on: 19 Feb 2026 10:48

Hello Peter,

Our MCP Server is shipped as a NuGet package and it does not depend to js packages. The suggestion Claude has provided may be valid for other MCP servers that rely on npm, but the Telerik MCP server relies on NuGet and does not require Node to be installed. 

Setting the MCP server up is a multi-step process, so it is likely that some other setting you've tried fixed the MCP server, rather than Node's install. Even issues in Visual Studio itself could cause problems with the MCP servers in general, for example, here's one that was resolved by Microsoft a few days ago in the latest version of Visual Studio. 

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
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