Better Design MCP Server
🎨 Open-source design MCP server + shadcn/ui registry — AI design systems for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot & any MCP client. 31 brand-grade themes (Linear, Stripe, Vercel, Notion, Apple, Supabase, Figma…) + design tokens, UI principles & WCAG rules. Install any component with one command.
Better Design is an open-source mcp server by marvkr, written mainly in TypeScript, with 546 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Oct 25, 2026. The latest npm release is better-design 0.50.0, published Nov 7, 2026, with 638 downloads last week.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 175e7ba. No capabilities flagged by our checks. Scan policy
How to install Better Design
Built from the start command in the project's README: npx better-design. Check the README for required keys or settings.
claude mcp add better-design -- npx better-design{
"mcpServers": {
"better-design": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"better-design"
]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"better-design": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"better-design"
]
}
}
}code --add-mcp '{"name":"better-design","command":"npx","args":["better-design"]}'What Better Design can touch
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run shell commandsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read environment and secretsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Not checked directly. Its own description suggests it does this.Touch money or tradingLikely, from its own description
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to the internetNot run in this scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit 175e7ba, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Better Design
AgenticMart scanned Better Design on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An MCP server is a program your AI app starts and talks to. A local one runs with your user's permissions: it can see the files, environment variables and network your account can.
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to connect to a database.
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to use a code-hosting token (GitHub/GitLab).
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to run shell commands.
Before you install
- Give it a read-only database user unless it must write.
- Use a fine-grained token limited to the repos it needs.
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by marvkr on GitHub, 546 stars and 32 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Oct 25, 2026.
- Open-source license: MIT.
Better Design is an open-source mcp server by marvkr, written mainly in TypeScript. 🎨 Open-source design MCP server + shadcn/ui registry — AI design systems for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot & any MCP client. 31 brand-grade themes (Linear, Stripe, Vercel, Notion, Apple, Supabase, Figma…) + design tokens, UI principles & WCAG rules. Install any component with one command.
At a glance
- Stars
- 546
- Forks
- 32
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Created
- May 2026
- Last update
- Oct 25, 2026
- Type
- MCP Server
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Better Design
What is Better Design?
🎨 Open-source design MCP server + shadcn/ui registry — AI design systems for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot & any MCP client. 31 brand-grade themes (Linear, Stripe, Vercel, Notion, Apple, Supabase, Figma…) + design tokens, UI principles & WCAG rules. Install any component with one command.
Who maintains Better Design?
Better Design is maintained by marvkr on GitHub (marvkr/better-design). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Better Design safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Better Design on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Better Design use?
It is published under the MIT license.
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