Use AnimatedWebs in LM Studio

Set up AnimatedWebs in LM Studio

Server address: https://mcp.animatedwebs.com

1. 1

   Check your version

   LM Studio added MCP support in 0.3.17 (b10). Update first if you are on an older build.

2. 2

   Copy your API key

   Open the developer page in your AnimatedWebs dashboard and copy the aw_ key. Free accounts have one.

3. 3

   Edit mcp.json

   In the Program tab, click Install and then Edit mcp.json, and add the entry. If you paste only a server snippet, copy the part after "mcpServers": { and before its closing brace.

   mcp.jsonCopy

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "animatedwebs": {
         "url": "https://mcp.animatedwebs.com",
         "headers": {
           "Authorization": "Bearer aw_your_key"
         }
       }
     }
   }

4. 4

   Chat with tools on

   Load a model that can call tools and ask for a design. Start with a short request, because tool results use context.

Your API key is on the developer page of your dashboard. Every account has one, free accounts included.

Check that it works

• Check by prompt. Ask it to run the get_account tool from the animatedwebs server. A reply with your plan and today's usage means the connection and your sign-in both work.
• If the model answers without calling anything, try a model with better tool-calling support.

Three requests to try

Paste one into LM Studio. Each one makes it call real AnimatedWebs tools.

Use the animatedwebs server to search for a template for a farmers market and list the top three with their slugs.

Search animatedwebs for a cinematic background for a hero and give me the link.

Call animatedwebs list_categories and tell me which category fits a small architecture studio.

If something goes wrong in LM Studio

The JSON will not save

When you add a server by hand, copy only the content after "mcpServers": { and before the closing brace, as LM Studio's docs advise.

The model overflows its context

LM Studio warns that servers built for cloud models can return a lot of tokens and overflow a local model's context. Ask for small results, such as one template.

A 401 from the server

Check the Authorization header: Bearer, a space, then the aw_ key. A newline in the key breaks it.

You worry about what a server can touch

LM Studio's docs say to install MCP servers only from trusted sources. The AnimatedWebs tools return catalog results and do not touch files on your machine.

Questions about LM Studio and AnimatedWebs