Better Design – 28 Shadcn design systems (OSS, MCP: Cursor/Claude Code)

In plain words

Better Design is an open-source collection of 28 Shadcn design systems available as a Model Context Protocol for Cursor and Claude Code. It provides developers with pre-built design system components and patterns to use in their projects. The tool integrates directly into Cursor and Claude Code environments, allowing developers to reference and implement design systems without leaving their code editor. It is designed for developers who need consistent design system components for building applications.

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From the sources

31 real design systems for AI coding tools. Pick a brand voice (Linear, Airbnb, Stripe...) and your AI ships UI in that style. No more pasting screenshots into prompts. Free, open source. One MCP install.

🎨 Open-source design MCP server + shadcn/ui registry — AI design systems for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot & any MCP client. 31 brand-grade themes (Linear, Stripe, Vercel, Notion, Apple, Supabase, Figma…) + design tokens, UI principles & WCAG rules. Install any component with one command. - marvkr/better-design

Turn your AI coding IDE into a design engineer. Better Design works with MCP-compatible agents and editors like Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code/GitHub Copilot, Claude Desktop, and claude.ai. It is a design MCP server, AI design-system registry, and UI review layer for generating polished product interfaces from prompts. Better Design gives AI coding agents the design context they usually miss: design tokens, component code, UI principles, icon direction, accessibility checks, and visual-design review rules. Instead of "AI-looking UI," you get interfaces that look like they were built from a real product design system. Better Design has two layers: an always-on Design Intelligence layer and an…from github.com

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