diff --git a/packages/create-next-app/create-app.ts b/packages/create-next-app/create-app.ts
index 165717ff57411..dd1fd1c86beae 100644
--- a/packages/create-next-app/create-app.ts
+++ b/packages/create-next-app/create-app.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
 import retry from 'async-retry'
-import { copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { basename, dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { cyan, green, red } from 'picocolors'
 import type { RepoInfo } from './helpers/examples'
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export async function createApp({
   bundler,
   disableGit,
   reactCompiler,
+  mcp,
 }: {
   appPath: string
   packageManager: PackageManager
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export async function createApp({
   bundler: Bundler
   disableGit?: boolean
   reactCompiler: boolean
+  mcp: boolean
 }): Promise<void> {
   let repoInfo: RepoInfo | undefined
   const mode: TemplateMode = typescript ? 'ts' : 'js'
@@ -263,6 +265,23 @@ export async function createApp({
     console.log()
   }
 
+  if (mcp) {
+    const mcpConfig = {
+      mcpServers: {
+        'next-devtools': {
+          command: 'npx',
+          args: ['-y', 'next-devtools-mcp@latest'],
+        },
+      },
+    }
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(root, '.mcp.json'),
+      JSON.stringify(mcpConfig, null, 2) + '\n'
+    )
+    console.log('Initialized MCP configuration.')
+    console.log()
+  }
+
   let cdpath: string
   if (join(originalDirectory, appName) === appPath) {
     cdpath = appName
diff --git a/packages/create-next-app/index.ts b/packages/create-next-app/index.ts
index 73433171e70bc..05cbe786bb0b8 100644
--- a/packages/create-next-app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-next-app/index.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ const program = new Command(packageJson.name)
 `
   )
   .option('--disable-git', `Skip initializing a git repository.`)
+  .option(
+    '--mcp',
+    'Initialize with MCP (Model Context Protocol) configuration.'
+  )
   .action((name) => {
     // Commander does not implicitly support negated options. When they are used
     // by the user they will be interpreted as the positional argument (name) in
@@ -244,6 +248,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       turbopack: true,
       disableGit: false,
       reactCompiler: false,
+      mcp: true,
     }
 
     type DisplayConfigItem = {
@@ -262,6 +267,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       { key: 'srcDir', values: { true: 'src/ dir' } },
       { key: 'app', values: { true: 'App Router', false: 'Pages Router' } },
       { key: 'turbopack', values: { true: 'Turbopack' } },
+      { key: 'mcp', values: { true: 'MCP' } },
     ]
 
     // Helper to format settings for display based on displayConfig
@@ -616,6 +622,25 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
         }
       }
     }
+
+    if (!opts.mcp && !args.includes('--no-mcp')) {
+      if (skipPrompt) {
+        opts.mcp = getPrefOrDefault('mcp')
+      } else {
+        const styledMcp = blue('MCP (Model Context Protocol)')
+        const { mcp } = await prompts({
+          onState: onPromptState,
+          type: 'toggle',
+          name: 'mcp',
+          message: `Would you like to initialize ${styledMcp} configuration?`,
+          initial: getPrefOrDefault('mcp'),
+          active: 'Yes',
+          inactive: 'No',
+        })
+        opts.mcp = Boolean(mcp)
+        preferences.mcp = Boolean(mcp)
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   const bundler: Bundler = opts.turbopack
@@ -645,6 +670,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       bundler,
       disableGit: opts.disableGit,
       reactCompiler: opts.reactCompiler,
+      mcp: opts.mcp,
     })
   } catch (reason) {
     if (!(reason instanceof DownloadError)) {
@@ -679,6 +705,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       bundler,
       disableGit: opts.disableGit,
       reactCompiler: opts.reactCompiler,
+      mcp: opts.mcp,
     })
   }
   conf.set('preferences', preferences)
diff --git a/test/integration/create-next-app/mcp-config.test.ts b/test/integration/create-next-app/mcp-config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0fad02c246c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/create-next-app/mcp-config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { run, useTempDir, projectFilesShouldExist } from './utils'
+
+describe('create-next-app MCP configuration', () => {
+  let nextTgzFilename: string
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    if (!process.env.NEXT_TEST_PKG_PATHS) {
+      throw new Error('This test needs to be run with `node run-tests.js`.')
+    }
+
+    const pkgPaths = new Map<string, string>(
+      JSON.parse(process.env.NEXT_TEST_PKG_PATHS)
+    )
+
+    nextTgzFilename = pkgPaths.get('next')
+  })
+
+  it('should create .mcp.json with default configuration when using --yes', async () => {
+    await useTempDir(async (cwd) => {
+      const projectName = 'mcp-default'
+
+      const { exitCode } = await run(
+        [projectName, '--yes', '--skip-install'],
+        nextTgzFilename,
+        {
+          cwd,
+        }
+      )
+
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
+
+      projectFilesShouldExist({
+        cwd,
+        projectName,
+        files: ['.mcp.json', 'package.json'],
+      })
+
+      const mcpConfigPath = join(cwd, projectName, '.mcp.json')
+      expect(existsSync(mcpConfigPath)).toBe(true)
+
+      const mcpConfig = JSON.parse(readFileSync(mcpConfigPath, 'utf8'))
+      expect(mcpConfig).toMatchObject({
+        mcpServers: {
+          'next-devtools': {
+            command: 'npx',
+            args: ['-y', 'next-devtools-mcp@latest'],
+          },
+        },
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should not create .mcp.json when --no-mcp is specified', async () => {
+    await useTempDir(async (cwd) => {
+      const projectName = 'no-mcp'
+
+      const { exitCode } = await run(
+        [
+          projectName,
+          '--ts',
+          '--app',
+          '--no-turbopack',
+          '--no-linter',
+          '--no-tailwind',
+          '--no-src-dir',
+          '--no-import-alias',
+          '--no-react-compiler',
+          '--no-mcp',
+          '--skip-install',
+          ...(process.env.NEXT_RSPACK ? ['--rspack'] : []),
+        ],
+        nextTgzFilename,
+        {
+          cwd,
+        }
+      )
+
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
+
+      projectFilesShouldExist({
+        cwd,
+        projectName,
+        files: ['package.json'],
+      })
+
+      const mcpConfigPath = join(cwd, projectName, '.mcp.json')
+      expect(existsSync(mcpConfigPath)).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should create .mcp.json with all other options', async () => {
+    await useTempDir(async (cwd) => {
+      const projectName = 'mcp-with-options'
+
+      const { exitCode } = await run(
+        [
+          projectName,
+          '--ts',
+          '--app',
+          '--tailwind',
+          '--eslint',
+          '--no-turbopack',
+          '--src-dir',
+          '--import-alias',
+          '@/custom/*',
+          '--react-compiler',
+          '--mcp',
+          '--skip-install',
+          ...(process.env.NEXT_RSPACK ? ['--rspack'] : []),
+        ],
+        nextTgzFilename,
+        {
+          cwd,
+        }
+      )
+
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
+
+      projectFilesShouldExist({
+        cwd,
+        projectName,
+        files: ['.mcp.json', 'package.json', 'tsconfig.json', 'src'],
+      })
+
+      const mcpConfigPath = join(cwd, projectName, '.mcp.json')
+      expect(existsSync(mcpConfigPath)).toBe(true)
+
+      const mcpConfig = JSON.parse(readFileSync(mcpConfigPath, 'utf8'))
+      expect(mcpConfig).toMatchObject({
+        mcpServers: {
+          'next-devtools': {
+            command: 'npx',
+            args: ['-y', 'next-devtools-mcp@latest'],
+          },
+        },
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})