Curio MCP
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Curio MCPFind a Japanese minimal style for my landing page"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Curio MCP
Connect your AI to Curio — a design-style library built for AI agents. Hundreds of tokenized design styles (real design movements, brands, cultural traditions), each with a machine-readable spec your agent can apply directly to slides, websites, and products.
Endpoint:
https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp(streamable HTTP)Auth: OAuth sign-in — no API key. Searching and browsing are free; 1 credit unlocks a style for good (credit packs, never expire).
Docs: designbycurio.com/docs
Tools
Tool | What it does | Cost |
| Keyword + facet search over the library | free |
| Browse / paginate, filtered by facets | free |
| Metadata + preview image for one style | free |
| Full design spec (DESIGN.md) for a style you've unlocked; for a locked style it returns the cost and your balance instead | free |
| Unlock a style for good and return its spec — your AI asks you first | 1 credit, once per style |
| Your credit balance and how many styles you've unlocked | free |
Your AI never spends a credit on its own: get_style_spec only reads, and unlock_style is meant to be called after you agree. Unlocking a style you already own costs nothing.
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Install
Gemini CLI
gemini extensions install https://github.com/designbycurio/curio-mcp-extensionClaude Code
claude mcp add --transport http curio https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcpClaude.ai / Claude Desktop
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp
Cursor
Or add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"curio": { "url": "https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp" }
}
}Codex (CLI / IDE extension)
codex mcp add curio --url https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcpKimi Code CLI
kimi mcp add --transport http --auth oauth curio https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcpChatGPT
Settings → Apps & Connectors → Developer mode → add https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp.
Example prompts
"Find a Japanese minimal style and restyle my landing page with it."
"Browse Curio for an 80s retro style that works for a dashboard."
"Fetch the bauhaus-weimar spec and apply it to my slides."
"How many Curio credits do I have left?"
Links
Website · Gallery · Pricing · Docs · Privacy · Terms · support@designbycurio.com
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Give your AI agents a design superpower. Generate, edit, and publish publication-grade decks, reports, landing pages, resumes, and marketing visuals directly within your agent workflow. Delivering frontier-level design quality at 3× the speed and 53× lower cost -from conversational prompt to live link or vector PDF in minutes.
Give your agent a real design system: tokens, measured WCAG contrast, and rules to follow.
Your brand's Styles, logos and asset library in your AI app, for on-brand assets that match.
160+ finished slide layouts and 41 themes your agent can search, fetch and build a deck from
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