INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

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.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://tangent.directory/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for find_inspiration and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

tangent.directory

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.

Related tools

search_resources — Ranked search over Tangent's catalogue of design and design-engineering resources (sites, products, component libraries, tools, articles).
browse_vertical — The newest resources in one section: inspiration, components, motion, build, visuals, tools or learn.
get_resource — Everything Tangent knows about one resource: descriptions, taxonomy, editorial notes, the people behind it, and its related resources (tangents) with reasons.
related_resources — Resources related to one resource, each with the reason (e.g.
list_patterns — Every UI and interaction pattern resources are filed under (Command Menu, Onboarding, Empty State and more), with example counts.
get_pattern — One UI pattern: its definition, its best examples, related patterns and the technologies the examples use.
search_people — Find designers and design engineers by name, role, focus or stack, ranked, with optional technology and role filters.
list_people — Designers and design engineers in the catalogue, featured first, then by name, with optional technology and role filters and cursor paging.