Design

tangent.directory

An MCP server for Tangent, a design resource catalogue that helps find inspiration, search ranked design and design-engineering resources, browse categories, and retrieve detailed resource relationships.

1 endpoint10 known toolsFirst detected October 6, 2026Last detected October 15, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://tangent.directory/api/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: tangent
Version: 0.2.0

Capabilities

tools.listChangedprompts.listChanged

Server instructions

Tangent is a hand-picked catalogue of digital craft for designers and design engineers: sites, products, component libraries, tools and articles, the UI patterns they show, and the people behind them. Every tool is read-only. When to use which tool: - find_inspiration: you have a design brief ("onboarding for a fintech app, playful but clean") and want 5-10 references, each with why it fits. - search_resources: you know what you're looking for; narrow with vertical, category, technology, type, pricing or open_source. - browse_vertical: the newest entries in one section, no query needed. - get_resource: everything about one resource; related_resources: follow its tangents, each with a reason. - list_patterns, then get_pattern: study a UI pattern and its best examples. - search_people, list_people, get_person: designers and design engineers, their stack and their work. Lists page with limit and cursor: pass back next_cursor with the same arguments. Link a site with its item's url (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp); site_url is the same address untagged; tangent_url is its Tangent page.

Known tools 10

find_inspiration

Turns a design brief into a short list of references (default 8, at most 10), each with `why` it fits: the pattern, style, category, technology or platform it shares with the brief, or how search matched it (e.g.

Inferred read-only

search_resources

Ranked search over Tangent's catalogue of design and design-engineering resources (sites, products, component libraries, tools, articles).

Inferred read-only

browse_vertical

The newest resources in one section: inspiration, components, motion, build, visuals, tools or learn.

Inferred read-only

get_resource

Everything Tangent knows about one resource: descriptions, taxonomy, editorial notes, the people behind it, and its related resources (tangents) with reasons.

Inferred read-only

related_resources

Resources related to one resource, each with the reason (e.g.

Inferred read-only

list_patterns

Every UI and interaction pattern resources are filed under (Command Menu, Onboarding, Empty State and more), with example counts.

Potential side effects

get_pattern

One UI pattern: its definition, its best examples, related patterns and the technologies the examples use.

Inferred read-only

search_people

Find designers and design engineers by name, role, focus or stack, ranked, with optional technology and role filters.

Inferred read-only

list_people

Designers and design engineers in the catalogue, featured first, then by name, with optional technology and role filters and cursor paging.

Inferred read-only

get_person

One person's profile: role, bio, website, social links, studios, what their site is built with (confirmed technologies) and their work on Tangent.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.tangent]
url = "https://tangent.directory/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tangent": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tangent.directory/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: tangent
Remote MCP URL: https://tangent.directory/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tangent": {
      "url": "https://tangent.directory/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "tangent": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tangent.directory/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "tangent",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://tangent.directory/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

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Indexed

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