Tangent
Hand-picked design references, UI patterns and the people behind them, each with why it fits.
Should I use this
Quality & Safety
A
Findings (2)
- LOWTool 'related_resources' description lacks action verbin related_resources
- LOWTool 'browse_vertical' suggests web access but openWorldHint=falsein browse_vertical
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
Context Cost
~7,883Tokens (tool definitions)
~8.3 KBTypical response size
Significant attention impact (6.16% of 128k context)
This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.
Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tangent": {
"url": "https://tangent.directory/api/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://tangent.directory/api/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (10)
🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢find_inspiration(brief, platform, limit)
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. "similar meaning"). It reads the brief against Tangent's taxonomy and synonyms and combines that with search; no AI calls. Use it when someone describes a screen or product they are about to design. `interpreted_as` shows how the brief was read. Example: {"brief": "onboarding for a fintech app, playful but clean", "platform": "mobile"}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"brief": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 3,
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "What you are designing, in plain words, e.g. \"onboarding for a fintech app, playful but clean\"."
},
"platform": {
"description": "Prefer resources for this platform: \"web\", \"mobile\" or \"desktop\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"limit": {
"default": 8,
"description": "How many picks (1 to 10, default 8).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10
}
},
"required": [
"brief"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"brief": {
"type": "string"
},
"interpreted_as": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"matched": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"kind",
"slug",
"name",
"matched"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"description": "Taxonomy terms read from the brief."
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Visit link for the site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp). Use this one when linking people to the site."
},
"site_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The site's own address, untagged. Use it to compare, dedupe or cite."
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This resource's page on Tangent."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"category": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"pricing": {
"description": "free, freemium, paid or open_source; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: OSI-licensed; false: source-available or closed; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"license": {
"description": "SPDX licence id, e.g. \"MIT\".",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"notable_for": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Full-size preview (screenshot, else the site's OG image): the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "A smaller stored copy of image_url (a screenshot's 720px-wide WebP) when one exists; otherwise the same URL as image_url.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"match_reasons": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"why": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Reasons for the pick, e.g. \"pattern: Onboarding\", \"style: Playful\", \"similar meaning\"."
},
"score": {
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"url",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"domain",
"type",
"description",
"category",
"sections",
"patterns",
"pricing",
"open_source",
"license",
"notable_for",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url",
"why",
"score"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
"required": [
"brief",
"interpreted_as",
"results"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢search_resources(query, vertical, category, technology, type, ...)
Ranked search over Tangent's catalogue of design and design-engineering resources (sites, products, component libraries, tools, articles). Use it when you know roughly what you want; narrow with vertical, category, technology, type, pricing or open_source, and page with cursor. For a whole brief, use find_inspiration. Example: {"query": "command menu", "technology": "react", "limit": 5}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "What to look for, e.g. \"command menu\" or \"dark dashboard\"."
},
"vertical": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60,
"description": "Section: \"inspiration\", \"components\", \"motion\", \"build\", \"visuals\", \"tools\" or \"learn\"."
},
"category": {
"description": "Category slug or name, e.g. \"finance\", \"component-libraries\", \"typography\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"technology": {
"description": "Technology slug or name, e.g. \"react\", \"tailwind-css\", \"three-js\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"type": {
"description": "Resource type, e.g. \"website\", \"product\", \"library\", \"tool\", \"gallery\", \"article\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"pricing": {
"description": "Pricing model.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"free",
"freemium",
"paid",
"open_source"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: only open-source resources; false: only ones known not to be.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"limit": {
"default": 10,
"description": "Results per page (1 to 50, default 10).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50
},
"cursor": {
"description": "next_cursor from the previous call, with the same query and filters. Omit for the first page.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2000
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string"
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Visit link for the site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp). Use this one when linking people to the site."
},
"site_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The site's own address, untagged. Use it to compare, dedupe or cite."
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This resource's page on Tangent."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"category": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"pricing": {
"description": "free, freemium, paid or open_source; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: OSI-licensed; false: source-available or closed; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"license": {
"description": "SPDX licence id, e.g. \"MIT\".",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"notable_for": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Full-size preview (screenshot, else the site's OG image): the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "A smaller stored copy of image_url (a screenshot's 720px-wide WebP) when one exists; otherwise the same URL as image_url.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"match_reasons": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"url",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"domain",
"type",
"description",
"category",
"sections",
"patterns",
"pricing",
"open_source",
"license",
"notable_for",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"related_terms": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"kind",
"slug",
"name"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"next_cursor": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"ignored_filters": {
"description": "Filters this server could not apply yet; results are not narrowed by them.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"query",
"results",
"related_terms",
"next_cursor"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢browse_vertical(vertical, category, technology, type, pricing, ...)
The newest resources in one section: inspiration, components, motion, build, visuals, tools or learn. Use it to browse without a query, with the same filters as search_resources and cursor paging. Example: {"vertical": "components", "technology": "react", "limit": 20}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"vertical": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60,
"description": "Section: \"inspiration\", \"components\", \"motion\", \"build\", \"visuals\", \"tools\" or \"learn\"."
},
"category": {
"description": "Category slug or name, e.g. \"finance\", \"component-libraries\", \"typography\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"technology": {
"description": "Technology slug or name, e.g. \"react\", \"tailwind-css\", \"three-js\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"type": {
"description": "Resource type, e.g. \"website\", \"product\", \"library\", \"tool\", \"gallery\", \"article\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"pricing": {
"description": "Pricing model.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"free",
"freemium",
"paid",
"open_source"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: only open-source resources; false: only ones known not to be.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"limit": {
"default": 20,
"description": "Results per page (1 to 50, default 20).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50
},
"cursor": {
"description": "next_cursor from the previous call, with the same query and filters. Omit for the first page.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2000
}
},
"required": [
"vertical"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"vertical": {
"type": "string"
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Visit link for the site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp). Use this one when linking people to the site."
},
"site_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The site's own address, untagged. Use it to compare, dedupe or cite."
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This resource's page on Tangent."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"category": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"pricing": {
"description": "free, freemium, paid or open_source; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: OSI-licensed; false: source-available or closed; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"license": {
"description": "SPDX licence id, e.g. \"MIT\".",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"notable_for": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Full-size preview (screenshot, else the site's OG image): the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "A smaller stored copy of image_url (a screenshot's 720px-wide WebP) when one exists; otherwise the same URL as image_url.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"match_reasons": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"url",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"domain",
"type",
"description",
"category",
"sections",
"patterns",
"pricing",
"open_source",
"license",
"notable_for",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"next_cursor": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"ignored_filters": {
"description": "Filters this server could not apply yet; results are not narrowed by them.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"vertical",
"results",
"next_cursor"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢get_resource(slug, include_image)
Everything Tangent knows about one resource: descriptions, taxonomy, editorial notes, the people behind it, and its related resources (tangents) with reasons. Use it to go deeper on a search pick. Set include_image to also get a small screenshot. Example: {"slug": "linear"}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 80,
"pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
"description": "Resource slug, e.g. \"linear\"."
},
"include_image": {
"default": false,
"description": "Also attach a small WebP thumbnail (under ~100 KB) as an image block. Off by default to save tokens.",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Visit link for the site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp). Use this one when linking people to the site."
},
"site_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The site's own address, untagged. Use it to compare, dedupe or cite."
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This resource's page on Tangent."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"category": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"pricing": {
"description": "free, freemium, paid or open_source; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: OSI-licensed; false: source-available or closed; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"license": {
"description": "SPDX licence id, e.g. \"MIT\".",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"notable_for": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Full-size preview (screenshot, else the site's OG image): the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "A smaller stored copy of image_url (a screenshot's 720px-wide WebP) when one exists; otherwise the same URL as image_url.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"match_reasons": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"long_description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"categories": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"styles": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"technologies": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"platforms": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"people": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"role": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"role",
"tangent_url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"studios": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"notes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"body": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"body"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"implementation": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"summary": {
"type": "string"
},
"body": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"difficulty": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"summary",
"body",
"difficulty"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"collections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"tangent_url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"last_checked_at": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"tangents": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Visit link for the site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp). Use this one when linking people to the site."
},
"site_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The site's own address, untagged. Use it to compare, dedupe or cite."
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This resource's page on Tangent."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"category": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"pricing": {
"description": "free, freemium, paid or open_source; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: OSI-licensed; false: source-available or closed; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"license": {
"description": "SPDX licence id, e.g. \"MIT\".",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"notable_for": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Full-size preview (screenshot, else the site's OG image): the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "A smaller stored copy of image_url (a screenshot's 720px-wide WebP) when one exists; otherwise the same URL as image_url.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"match_reasons": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"why": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Why it is related, e.g. \"shares Command Menu\"."
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"url",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"domain",
"type",
"description",
"category",
"sections",
"patterns",
"pricing",
"open_source",
"license",
"notable_for",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url",
"why"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"url",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"domain",
"type",
"description",
"category",
"sections",
"patterns",
"pricing",
"open_source",
"license",
"notable_for",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url",
"long_description",
"categories",
"styles",
"technologies",
"platforms",
"tags",
"people",
"studios",
"notes",
"implementation",
"collections",
"last_checked_at",
"tangents"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢related_resources(slug)
Resources related to one resource, each with the reason (e.g. "shares Command Menu", "same maker"). Use it to follow tangents from a site you like. Example: {"slug": "stripe"}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 80,
"pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
"description": "Resource slug, e.g. \"stripe\"."
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Visit link for the site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp). Use this one when linking people to the site."
},
"site_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The site's own address, untagged. Use it to compare, dedupe or cite."
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This resource's page on Tangent."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"category": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"pricing": {
"description": "free, freemium, paid or open_source; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: OSI-licensed; false: source-available or closed; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"license": {
"description": "SPDX licence id, e.g. \"MIT\".",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"notable_for": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Full-size preview (screenshot, else the site's OG image): the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "A smaller stored copy of image_url (a screenshot's 720px-wide WebP) when one exists; otherwise the same URL as image_url.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"match_reasons": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"why": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Why it is related, e.g. \"shares Command Menu\"."
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"url",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"domain",
"type",
"description",
"category",
"sections",
"patterns",
"pricing",
"open_source",
"license",
"notable_for",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url",
"why"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"results"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢list_patterns
Every UI and interaction pattern resources are filed under (Command Menu, Onboarding, Empty State and more), with example counts. Use it to pick a slug for get_pattern. Example: {}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"summary": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"examples": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"summary",
"examples",
"tangent_url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
"required": [
"results"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢get_pattern(slug, limit)
One UI pattern: its definition, its best examples, related patterns and the technologies the examples use. Use it before designing that pattern. Example: {"slug": "empty-state", "limit": 8}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 80,
"pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
"description": "Pattern slug, e.g. \"command-menu\" or \"empty-state\"."
},
"limit": {
"default": 12,
"description": "How many examples to return (1 to 60, default 12).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 60
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"summary": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"definition": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string"
},
"examples": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Visit link for the site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp). Use this one when linking people to the site."
},
"site_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The site's own address, untagged. Use it to compare, dedupe or cite."
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This resource's page on Tangent."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"category": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"pricing": {
"description": "free, freemium, paid or open_source; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: OSI-licensed; false: source-available or closed; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"license": {
"description": "SPDX licence id, e.g. \"MIT\".",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"notable_for": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Full-size preview (screenshot, else the site's OG image): the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "A smaller stored copy of image_url (a screenshot's 720px-wide WebP) when one exists; otherwise the same URL as image_url.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"match_reasons": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"url",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"domain",
"type",
"description",
"category",
"sections",
"patterns",
"pricing",
"open_source",
"license",
"notable_for",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"related_patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"technologies": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"summary",
"definition",
"tangent_url",
"examples",
"related_patterns",
"technologies"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢search_people(query, technology, role, limit, cursor)
Find designers and design engineers by name, role, focus or stack, ranked, with optional technology and role filters. Example: {"query": "motion", "role": "design engineer"}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 120,
"description": "Name, role, focus or stack, e.g. \"motion\" or \"Rauno\"."
},
"technology": {
"description": "Only people whose site is built with this technology, e.g. \"nextjs\", \"astro\", \"framer\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"role": {
"description": "Words in their role, e.g. \"design engineer\" or \"product designer\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"maxLength": 60
},
"limit": {
"default": 10,
"description": "Results per page (1 to 50, default 10).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50
},
"cursor": {
"description": "next_cursor from the previous call, with the same query and filters. Omit for the first page.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2000
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string"
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"role": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"bio": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"website": {
"description": "Visit link for their site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp).",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"site_url": {
"description": "Their site's own address, untagged.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Their profile on Tangent."
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Their site's OG image, else their avatar: the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "The same URL as image_url (people's images have no smaller stored copy).",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"avatar_url": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"resource_count": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"role",
"bio",
"website",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url",
"avatar_url",
"resource_count"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"next_cursor": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"query",
"results",
"next_cursor"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢list_people(technology, role, limit, cursor)
Designers and design engineers in the catalogue, featured first, then by name, with optional technology and role filters and cursor paging. Use search_people to find someone by name or focus. Example: {"role": "design engineer", "technology": "nextjs", "limit": 20}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"technology": {
"description": "Only people whose site is built with this technology, e.g. \"nextjs\", \"astro\", \"framer\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
},
"role": {
"description": "Words in their role, e.g. \"design engineer\" or \"product designer\".",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"maxLength": 60
},
"limit": {
"default": 20,
"description": "Results per page (1 to 50, default 20).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50
},
"cursor": {
"description": "next_cursor from the previous call, with the same query and filters. Omit for the first page.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2000
}
},
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"role": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"bio": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"website": {
"description": "Visit link for their site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp).",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"site_url": {
"description": "Their site's own address, untagged.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Their profile on Tangent."
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Their site's OG image, else their avatar: the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "The same URL as image_url (people's images have no smaller stored copy).",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"avatar_url": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"resource_count": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"role",
"bio",
"website",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url",
"avatar_url",
"resource_count"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"next_cursor": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"results",
"next_cursor"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢get_person(slug, include_image)
One person's profile: role, bio, website, social links, studios, what their site is built with (confirmed technologies) and their work on Tangent. Set include_image to also get a small preview of their site. Example: {"slug": "emil-kowalski"}
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 80,
"pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
"description": "Person slug, e.g. \"rauno-freiberg\"."
},
"include_image": {
"default": false,
"description": "Also attach a small WebP thumbnail (under ~100 KB) as an image block. Off by default to save tokens.",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"role": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"bio": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"website": {
"description": "Visit link for their site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp).",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"site_url": {
"description": "Their site's own address, untagged.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Their profile on Tangent."
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Their site's OG image, else their avatar: the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "The same URL as image_url (people's images have no smaller stored copy).",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"avatar_url": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"resource_count": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"links": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"label": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"label",
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"studios": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"built_with": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Confirmed technologies their site is built with."
},
"added_at": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"work": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Visit link for the site (tagged utm_source=tangent-mcp). Use this one when linking people to the site."
},
"site_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The site's own address, untagged. Use it to compare, dedupe or cite."
},
"tangent_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This resource's page on Tangent."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"category": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"pricing": {
"description": "free, freemium, paid or open_source; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"open_source": {
"description": "true: OSI-licensed; false: source-available or closed; null when unknown.",
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"license": {
"description": "SPDX licence id, e.g. \"MIT\".",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"notable_for": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"image_url": {
"description": "Full-size preview (screenshot, else the site's OG image): the stored image file, served directly.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"description": "A smaller stored copy of image_url (a screenshot's 720px-wide WebP) when one exists; otherwise the same URL as image_url.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"match_reasons": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"url",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"domain",
"type",
"description",
"category",
"sections",
"patterns",
"pricing",
"open_source",
"license",
"notable_for",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"description": "Their published work on Tangent, newest first."
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"name",
"role",
"bio",
"website",
"site_url",
"tangent_url",
"image_url",
"thumbnail_url",
"avatar_url",
"resource_count",
"links",
"studios",
"built_with",
"added_at",
"work"
],
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}Community
Evidence
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