# TheDesignAgent (npm · @thedesignagent/mcp)

A design agent in your coding agent's loop: briefs each screen, reviews UX and visual quality.

- Trust score: 28/100 (low)
- Change this week: −3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-24

## Components

- remote · `www.thedesignagent.ai`: 38/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-thedesignagent-mcp/www.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-thedesignagent-mcp/www)
- npm · `@thedesignagent/mcp`: 28/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-thedesignagent-mcp/thedesignagent-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-thedesignagent-mcp/thedesignagent-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@thedesignagent/mcp`
- Version: `0.5.3`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-24.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 81/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 56 of 177 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: no source repository is declared.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 17 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 0/100
  - Schema quality not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we have no schema to assess.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we have no schema to compare.
- **Tool Coverage**: 0/100
  - Tool coverage not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we have no tool definitions to assess.
- **Tool Safety**: 0/100
  - Tool safety not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we have no tool text to scan.
- **Capabilities**: 0/100
  - Protocol version not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we never saw its MCP handshake.

**Unverified: 5 categories.** Categories scored 0 because our sandbox has not given us the schema these checks need to read. That is a gap on our side rather than a finding about the package, and we only credit what we can confirm, so the score stands at 0 until the capture succeeds. We are working through the fleet, so this normally clears without any action from you.

## Install

### How do I install the TheDesignAgent MCP server?

TheDesignAgent runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @thedesignagent/mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add ai-thedesignagent-mcp -- npx -y @thedesignagent/mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-thedesignagent-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thedesignagent/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-thedesignagent-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thedesignagent/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add ai-thedesignagent-mcp -- npx -y @thedesignagent/mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-thedesignagent-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@thedesignagent/mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-thedesignagent-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @thedesignagent/mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-thedesignagent-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@thedesignagent/mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-thedesignagent-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@thedesignagent/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-thedesignagent-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y @thedesignagent/mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-thedesignagent-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thedesignagent/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-24 (score 28, −3)

- [security regression] CVE-2023-54404 affects this package: high
- [security] Known CVEs: CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available.

### 2026-10-14 (score 31, 0)

- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we have no schema to compare.
- [security] Tool safety: Tool safety not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we have no tool text to scan.
- [functional] Schema quality: Schema quality not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we have no schema to assess.
- [functional] Capabilities: Protocol version not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we never saw its MCP handshake.
- [functional] Tool coverage: Tool coverage not yet verified: this server's registry entry declares environment variables (an API key or similar), and its server did not start in our sandbox, so we have no tool definitions to assess.

### 2026-10-07 (score 31, +8)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → 0.85
- [functional] Package version: 0.5.0 → 0.5.3

### 2026-10-04 (score 23, +7)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: fail → unverified
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Tool safety: Tool safety not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet.
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Dependency health: 0.85 → unverified
- [functional] Schema quality: Schema quality not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional] Tool coverage: Tool coverage not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional] Capabilities: Protocol version not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP handshake this version of the package performs yet.
- [functional] Package version: 0.4.1 → 0.5.0
- [functional] Package version: 0.4.1 → 0.4.5
- [functional] Package version: 0.4.1 → 0.4.3

### 2026-10-03 (score 16)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (0)

Tools for package channels are captured by running the package in an isolated sandbox. The most recent sandbox run could not capture a tool list from this package.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Vulnerabilities, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-thedesignagent-mcp/thedesignagent-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-24: 28
- 2026-10-23: 31
- 2026-10-22: 31
- 2026-10-21: 31
- 2026-10-20: 31
- 2026-10-19: 31
- 2026-10-18: 31
- 2026-10-17: 31
- 2026-10-16: 31
- 2026-10-15: 31
- 2026-10-14: 31
- 2026-10-13: 31
- 2026-10-12: 31
- 2026-10-11: 31
- 2026-10-07: 31
- 2026-10-04: 23
- 2026-10-03: 16

## Common questions

### What is the TheDesignAgent MCP server?

TheDesignAgent is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.thedesignagent/mcp. A design agent in your coding agent's loop: briefs each screen, reviews UX and visual quality. This page covers its npm package (@thedesignagent/mcp).

### Is the TheDesignAgent MCP server safe to use?

TheDesignAgent scores 28 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 4 known advisories against it as of 24 October 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### Is the TheDesignAgent MCP server still maintained?

TheDesignAgent is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the TheDesignAgent MCP server under?

TheDesignAgent declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@thedesignagent/mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@thedesignagent/mcp
- Website: https://www.thedesignagent.ai/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-thedesignagent-mcp/thedesignagent-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-thedesignagent-mcp/thedesignagent-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-thedesignagent-mcp/thedesignagent-mcp