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. Free accounts fetch free styles; Pro unlocks the whole library.
Docs: designbycurio.com/docs

Tools

Tool	What it does	Quota
`search_styles`	Keyword + facet search over the library	free
`list_styles`	Browse / paginate, filtered by facets	free
`get_style`	Metadata + preview image for one style	free
`get_style_spec`	Full design spec (DESIGN.md), ready to apply	1 credit
`get_quota`	Remaining spec fetches for the signed-in user	free

Install

Gemini CLI

bash

gemini extensions install https://github.com/designbycurio/curio-mcp-extension

Claude Code

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http curio https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp

Claude.ai / Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp

Cursor

Or add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "curio": { "url": "https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Codex (CLI / IDE extension)

bash

codex mcp add curio --url https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp

Kimi Code CLI

bash

kimi mcp add --transport http --auth oauth curio https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp

ChatGPT

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."

Links

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