Design Inspiration MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERPER_API_KEY | Yes | Your Serper API key for the search tools. You can get one by signing up at serper.dev. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| design_search_imagesA | Image search across Dribbble, Behance, Awwwards, Mobbin, and Pinterest. Returns image URLs, dimensions, and source links. Use specific UI terms ("fintech dashboard dark mode") over vague ones ("nice design"). |
| design_search_referencesA | Web search scoped to design platforms. Returns article titles, snippets, and links. Better than image search when you want case studies, write-ups, or design system documentation. |
| design_search_stylesA | Search for a specific aesthetic direction — color palettes, typography, layouts, or animation references. Runs image and web search in parallel and returns combined results. |
| design_extract_tokensA | Extract actual design tokens (colors, typography, spacing, borders, shadows) from a live website using headless browser. Give it any URL and get back the exact values used. Pairs well with the search tools — find inspiration, then extract tokens from sites you like. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 4 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose: design_extract_tokens extracts design tokens from live websites, design_search_images searches for images across design platforms, design_search_references searches for articles and documentation, and design_search_styles searches for aesthetic directions. There is no overlap in functionality, and the descriptions make their unique roles explicit.
All tool names follow a consistent pattern: they start with 'design_' followed by a verb-noun combination (e.g., extract_tokens, search_images, search_references, search_styles). This uniformity makes the tool set predictable and easy to understand, with no deviations in naming conventions.
With 4 tools, the server is well-scoped for its purpose of providing design inspiration resources. Each tool serves a distinct function in the design workflow (extraction, image search, reference search, and style search), and there are no redundant or missing tools that would suggest an inappropriate count.
The tool set covers the full lifecycle of design inspiration: searching for images, references, and styles, and extracting tokens from live sites. There are no obvious gaps, as the tools enable agents to find inspiration, analyze it, and apply it, providing comprehensive coverage for the domain.