# com.googleapis.design/mcp (remote · design.googleapis.com)

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

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +5
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `design.googleapis.com`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-googleapis-design-mcp/design.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-googleapis-design-mcp/design)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://design.googleapis.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS not yet verified: we couldn't determine whether a plaintext access path exists.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 63/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - 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.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-googleapis-design-mcp https://design.googleapis.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```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
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-googleapis-design-mcp --url https://design.googleapis.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-googleapis-design-mcp:
    url: "https://design.googleapis.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```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 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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-01 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 65, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 64, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-29 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-28 (score 63, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-27 (score 62, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 62)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `generate_color_scheme` (~427 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `backgroundKey` (string): 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.
- `contrastLevel` (number): 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).
- `optionalSchemeVariant` (string): 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…
- `optionalTheme` (string): 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.
- `primaryKey` (string, required): Required. 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").
- `secondaryKey` (string): 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.
- `tertiaryKey` (string): 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.

Output parameters:

- `colorScheme`: The generated color scheme.

### `search_icons` (~188 tokens)

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

Input parameters:

- `iconSet` (string): Optional. The icon set to search within (e.g., "Material Symbols", "Material Icons"). If omitted, the default icon set of the environment is used.
- `tags` (array, required): Required. 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.…

Output parameters:

- `icons` (array): The names of icons that match the provided tags, ordered by relevance.

### `icons_instructions` (~27 tokens)

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

Output parameters:

- `instructions` (string): Instructions on how to use Google Material Icons and Google Symbols efficiently.

### `search_fonts` (~119 tokens)

Finds appropriate fonts matching categories and/or languages.

Input parameters:

- `categories` (array): Optional. One or more categories to filter font families
- `languages` (array): Optional. Language tags in BCP47 format to filter fonts that support specific scripts (e.g., "en_Latn", "zh_Hans").
- `platform` (string, required): Required. The platform in which the font family is going to be used.
- `sort` (string): Optional. The sort order for the returned font families. Defaults to POPULARITY_DESCENDING if unspecified.

Output parameters:

- `errorHelp` (string): Optional. Contextual help text or error descriptions if the query failed.
- `fontFamilies` (array): The names of font families that match the search criteria (e.g., "Roboto", "Open Sans").

### `describe_font` (~82 tokens)

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

Input parameters:

- `fontFamily` (string, required): Required. The full name of the font family to describe. Example: "Roboto", "Noto Sans".
- `platform` (string, required): Required. The platform in which the font family is going to be used.

Output parameters:

- `description` (string): Description of the font family, in Markdown format.
- `errorHelp` (string): Optional. Contextual help text if the font family name was not found or is invalid.
- `features` (string): Supported features of the font family such as weight, style and variable axes, if available, in Markdown format.
- `guidance` (string): Guidance on how to effectively use the font family, if available.
- `languages` (array): List of supported language and script in BCP47 format.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-googleapis-design-mcp/design#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 67
- 2026-08-02: 66
- 2026-08-01: 66
- 2026-07-31: 65
- 2026-07-30: 64
- 2026-07-29: 64
- 2026-07-28: 63
- 2026-07-27: 62
- 2026-07-26: 62

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://design.googleapis.com/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-googleapis-design-mcp/design/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-googleapis-design-mcp/design/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-googleapis-design-mcp/design