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com.googleapis.design/mcp

REMOTE · DESIGN.GOOGLEAPIS.COM · SCANNED SEP 24

Provides UX capabilities to enhance the design output and understanding of AI systems.

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remote · design.googleapis.com 79
0 this week 79 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Endpoint Security63
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability67
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 843 tokens (~168/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
  • No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

How do I install the com.googleapis.design/mcp server?

com.googleapis.design/mcp is a hosted endpoint at https://design.googleapis.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

remote · design.googleapis.com

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http com-googleapis-design-mcp 'https://design.googleapis.com/mcp'
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-googleapis-design-mcp": {
      "url": "https://design.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-googleapis-design-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://design.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.com-googleapis-design-mcp]
url = "https://design.googleapis.com/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-googleapis-design-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://design.googleapis.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add com-googleapis-design-mcp --url 'https://design.googleapis.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-googleapis-design-mcp:
    url: "https://design.googleapis.com/mcp"
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-googleapis-design-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://design.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add com-googleapis-design-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://design.googleapis.com/mcp'
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-googleapis-design-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://design.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 26 Aug 26 79
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 25 Aug 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 21 Aug 26 0
    • Schema quality: 307 → 168 ▲ functional
    • The server no longer declares the “prompts” capability functional
    • Schema quality: excellent → good functional
    • Stability: fail → 0.87 functional
    • New tool “describe_font” functional
    • New tool “icons_instructions” functional
    • New tool “search_fonts” functional
  • 12 Aug 26 0
    • Stability: 0.53 → fail ▼ security
    • A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still ESF ▼ security
    • Tool “describe_font” was removed ▼ security
    • Tool “icons_instructions” was removed ▼ security
    • Tool “search_fonts” was removed ▼ security
    • Schema quality: 168 → 307 ▼ functional
    • Schema quality: good → excellent functional
  • 11 Aug 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 31 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 30 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 27 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 24 Sept 2026 · Probed https://design.googleapis.com/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=upload.video.google.com CN=WR2,O=Google Trust Services,C=US 4 Sept 2026 27 Nov 2026 ECDSA 256 SHA256-RSA 26b7552c6ebf922f0aa0ebf2fb6115e4
SANs: upload.video.google.com, *.clients.google.com, *.docs.google.com, *.drive.google.com, *.gdata.youtube.com, *.googleapis.com, *.photos.google.com, *.youtube-3rd-party.com, upload.google.com, *.upload.google.com, upload.youtube.com, *.upload.youtube.com and 5 more
CN=WR2,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) CN=GTS Root R1,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US 13 Dec 2023 20 Feb 2029 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA 7ff005a07c4cded100ad9d66a5107b98
CN=GTS Root R1,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE 19 Jun 2020 28 Jan 2028 RSA 4096 SHA256-RSA 77bd0d6cdb36f91aea210fc4f058d30d

Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →

DNSSEC insecure

Validation of design.googleapis.com. — Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
com. present 19718 13 Verified
googleapis.com. absent Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation
Authentication No authorisation required

The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.

Result No authorisation required
HTTP status 200
Header Value
x-content-type-options nosniff
x-frame-options SAMEORIGIN

Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →

Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://design.googleapis.com/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://design.googleapis.com/mcp Inconclusive 405
MCP tools · 5 exposed · ~843 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
describe_font ~82

Describes a font family in detail, including its look and feel, supported styles, weights and how to use it.

NameTypeReqDescription
fontFamilystringyesRequired. The full name of the font family to describe. Example: "Roboto", "Noto Sans".
platformstringyesRequired. The platform in which the font family is going to be used.
NameTypeReqDescription
descriptionstring–Description of the font family, in Markdown format.
errorHelpstring–Optional. Contextual help text if the font family name was not found or is invalid.
featuresstring–Supported features of the font family such as weight, style and variable axes, if available, in Markdown format.
guidancestring–Guidance on how to effectively use the font family, if available.
languagesarray–List of supported language and script in BCP47 format.

No examples provided.

generate_color_scheme ~427

Generates a Material Design color scheme from one or more key colors. Always use this when you need to create a color scheme for an application. The input is one or more named colors in hex format, and the output is a color scheme with a map of color role names to colors in hex format.

NameTypeReqDescription
backgroundKeystring–Optional. The neutral key color used to generate the color scheme. If omitted, it will be automatically derived from the other keys. Can be a hex code or any CSS color name.
contrastLevelnumber–Optional. The contrast level of the color scheme. Values range from -1 (minimum contrast) to 1 (maximum contrast). 0 represents standard contrast (i.e. the design as specified).
optionalSchemeVariantstring–Optional. If only the primary key color is supplied, this will select which variant of the color scheme to use. If only the primary key color is supplied and this is not set, it defaults to "TONAL_SP…
optionalThemestring–Optional. Whether to generate a light or dark theme. If unspecified, and a background key is supplied, it will be inferred from that. If not, it will default to light theme.
primaryKeystringyesRequired. The primary key color used as the main seed for the scheme. Can be a 6-character hex code (e.g., "#4285F4" or "4285F4"), or any standard CSS color name (e.g., "blue").
secondaryKeystring–Optional. The secondary key color used to generate the color scheme. If omitted, it will be automatically derived from the other keys. Can be a hex code or any CSS color name.
tertiaryKeystring–Optional. The tertiary key color used to generate the color scheme. If omitted, it will be automatically derived from the other keys. Can be a hex code or any CSS color name.
NameTypeReqDescription
colorScheme––The generated color scheme.

No examples provided.

icons_instructions ~27

Provides essential and critical instructions on how to use Material Icons and Material Symbols efficiently on Web.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
instructionsstring–Instructions on how to use Google Material Icons and Google Symbols efficiently.

No examples provided.

search_fonts ~119

Finds appropriate fonts matching categories and/or languages.

NameTypeReqDescription
categoriesarray–Optional. One or more categories to filter font families
languagesarray–Optional. Language tags in BCP47 format to filter fonts that support specific scripts (e.g., "en_Latn", "zh_Hans").
platformstringyesRequired. The platform in which the font family is going to be used.
sortstring–Optional. The sort order for the returned font families. Defaults to POPULARITY_DESCENDING if unspecified.
NameTypeReqDescription
errorHelpstring–Optional. Contextual help text or error descriptions if the query failed.
fontFamiliesarray–The names of font families that match the search criteria (e.g., "Roboto", "Open Sans").

No examples provided.

search_icons ~188

Finds appropriate Material Design icons matching keywords that describe their usage, style, or shape.

NameTypeReqDescription
iconSetstring–Optional. The icon set to search within (e.g., "Material Symbols", "Material Icons"). If omitted, the default icon set of the environment is used.
tagsarrayyesRequired. A list of semantic keywords or metadata tags that describe the desired icon's visual or functional properties. If possible, specify at least three tags to describe usage, style, and shape.…
NameTypeReqDescription
iconsarray–The names of icons that match the provided tags, ordered by relevance.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the com.googleapis.design/mcp server?

com.googleapis.design/mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as com.googleapis.design/mcp. Provides UX capabilities to enhance the design output and understanding of AI systems. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://design.googleapis.com/mcp).

Is the com.googleapis.design/mcp server safe to use?

com.googleapis.design/mcp scores 79 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. 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.

What tools does the com.googleapis.design/mcp server expose?

com.googleapis.design/mcp exposes 5 tools: generate_color_scheme, search_icons, icons_instructions, search_fonts, describe_font. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 843 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Does the com.googleapis.design/mcp server require authentication?

No. We connected to com.googleapis.design/mcp without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

Is the com.googleapis.design/mcp server still maintained?

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