Curio MCP Server for Claude
Curio is a design-style library for AI: hundreds of real design styles — movements, brands, and cultural traditions — packaged as token-complete, machine-readable specs. The remote MCP server lets Claude search the library, preview styles, and fetch full design specs (colors, typography, spacing, components) to apply to slides, websites, and products.
Open the source and read safety notes before installing.
Safety notes
- Remote HTTP MCP server — it runs no local commands and touches no local files. All tools are read-only lookups against the Curio style catalog; the server cannot modify anything on the user's machine.
- get_style_spec consumes one quota credit on the signed-in account, the same metering as a website download. search_styles, list_styles, get_style, and get_quota never charge.
Privacy notes
- Sign-in is OAuth only (PKCE); the client holds scoped tokens, never passwords.
- The server receives only tool arguments (search queries, style ids) and the account id for quota accounting — no prompts, files, or other local context leave the client.
- Access can be revoked anytime from the account's Connected apps page, which invalidates the authorization's tokens immediately.
Prerequisites
- A Curio account. Sign-in happens via OAuth (email OTP, Google, or GitHub) in the browser the first time the client connects; free accounts work.
- An MCP-capable client with remote HTTP transport support, such as Claude, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT (Developer Mode), or Codex.
Schema details
- Install type
- cli
- Troubleshooting
- No
- Estimated setup
- 5 minutes
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Website
- https://designbycurio.com/
- Disclosure
- Curio is a commercial freemium product by designbycurio.com. The MCP server works with free accounts (starter quota and free-tier styles); paid plans unlock the full catalog and a rolling weekly quota.
Full copyable content
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}
}
}About this resource
Content
Curio is a design-style library built for AI agents. Each entry packages a real design style — a movement like Bauhaus or Memphis, a brand idiom, or a cultural tradition — into a token-complete, machine-readable spec covering colors, typography, spacing, shapes, shadows, motion, and component guidance.
The MCP server connects Claude directly to that library. Instead of describing a look in prose and hoping the model improvises, Claude retrieves an exact spec and applies it: consistent palettes, correct type stacks, and coherent component styling across a whole site, deck, or product.
Features
- search_styles and list_styles to find styles by name, mood, era, region, or use case across hundreds of entries.
- get_style for metadata with a live preview image and landing-page URL before committing a quota credit.
- get_style_spec for the full machine-readable design spec Claude can apply to code, slides, or documents.
- get_quota to check the remaining balance at any time without charging.
- OAuth sign-in (email OTP, Google, GitHub) — no API keys to manage; free tier included.
Setup
- Add the server to your client, e.g. for Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http curio https://mcp.designbycurio.com/mcp - On first use, the client opens a browser window to sign in to Curio via OAuth and approve the connection.
- Ask Claude for a style ("find me something Art Deco for a landing page") and let it fetch and apply the spec.
See the per-client guides (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Codex) at designbycurio.com/docs.
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