directory.tangent/tangent

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Tangent

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Hand-picked design references, UI patterns and the people behind them, each with why it fits.

Summary by lookupd

Lets an agent search and browse curated design references, UI patterns and designer profiles, and get explanations of why each fits a brief.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http tangent https://tangent.directory/api/mcp

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add tangent --url https://tangent.directory/api/mcp

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tangent": {
      "url": "https://tangent.directory/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Other clients: docs. Or tell your agent: Set up lookupd for me: read https://lookupd.com/agent.md and follow it.

Tools (10 tools)

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• find_inspiration 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 s
• search_resources Ranked search over Tangent's catalogue of design and design-engineering resources (sites, products, component libraries, tools, articles). Use it when you know
• browse_vertical 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
• get_resource Everything Tangent knows about one resource: descriptions, taxonomy, editorial notes, the people behind it, and its related resources (tangents) with reasons. U
• related_resources 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: {"s
• 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_
• get_pattern One UI pattern: its definition, its best examples, related patterns and the technologies the examples use. Use it before designing that pattern. Example: {"slug
• search_people Find designers and design engineers by name, role, focus or stack, ranked, with optional technology and role filters. Example: {"query": "motion", "role": "desi
• list_people 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
• get_person 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_i

Details

• Version: 0.2.0
• Transports: streamable-http
• Uptime (7 days): 100%
• Median latency: 638 ms
• First indexed: 2026-11-01T09:02:08.853Z
• Last seen in registry: 2026-11-01T09:02:08.853Z
• Website: https://tangent.directory/mcp

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