Ignite UI for Angular — UI Components

Prerequisites

• An Angular project on the major version matching the installed igniteui-angular package (igniteui-angular majors track Angular majors)
• @angular/cli installed
• igniteui-angular or @infragistics/igniteui-angular added to the project via ng add igniteui-angular (or the @infragistics variant) or npm install — see Package Variants below.
• A theme applied to the application (see igniteui-angular-theming).
• provideAnimations() in app.config.ts — required before using any overlay or animated component

Ignite UI CLI MCP Server (required)

The igniteui-cli MCP server is the version-accurate source for Ignite UI APIs. It provides list_components, get_doc, search_docs, search_api, and get_api_reference. Its full component docs cover a subset of components (the catalog grows over releases — call list_components once to see what exists; e.g. Combo, Simple Combo, Chat, Tooltip, and grid toolbar/export docs). Where a get_doc doc exists, prefer it over the reference files below. search_api/get_api_reference cover API members (inputs, outputs, methods) for all components — use them for every member-level lookup. For everything else, the reference files below are the primary guidance.

Verify the server before any other step by calling list_components with framework: "angular". If the tool is not available:

1. Configure it yourself — do not just suggest it. From the project root, run npx -y igniteui-cli ai-config (or ig ai-config when igniteui-cli is installed globally). It configures both the igniteui-cli and igniteui-theming MCP servers, preserves existing server entries, and copies the Agent Skills. If the client is not covered, add the entries manually from references/mcp-setup.md — the server command is npx -y igniteui-cli mcp (or ig mcp).
2. Ask the user to reload the editor or agent session, then stop. MCP tools cannot be loaded into a running session.
3. Continue without the server only if the user explicitly asks to. In that case, use the reference files and mark every selector, import path, and member name you could not verify through the MCP server as unverified.