# design.live > The design layer for coding agents. One MCP endpoint gives an agent what a brand is, how strong > products behave, and a build-ready plan with citations — so generated interfaces stop looking > generic. Private beta: 227 tracked brands, 8,480 indexed product screens and 887 mapped workflows. design.live is not an inspiration gallery. The product transformation is `project brief → brand context → ranked real-product evidence → agent-ready implementation plan → implementation review`. Evidence carries source URL, capture time, product, platform and permission provenance. Screen bytes are delivered only through authenticated, metered MCP calls. ## Start here - [Agent setup skill](https://design.live/agent-onboarding/SKILL.md): Fetch this first. Everything an AI agent needs to configure design.live itself — key acquisition, MCP config for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and generic clients, the twelve tools, and three worked calls with expected result shapes. - [Platform documentation](https://design.live/platform): Human-readable MCP and REST reference, one-command setup, tool catalogue with tiers, and the asset CDN pattern. - [OpenAPI document](https://design.live/openapi.yaml): Machine-readable REST contracts for brands, coverage, assets, screens and rights intake. - [Pricing](https://design.live/pricing): Founding access, £99/year, 10,000 MCP requests per month. - [Dashboard](https://design.live/account): Issue, rotate and revoke API keys; watch monthly usage. ## MCP - Endpoint: `https://design.live/mcp` - Transport: Streamable HTTP, POST only, JSON-RPC 2.0 - Auth: `Authorization: Bearer dl_live_…` (keys stored only as SHA-256 hashes) - Protocol versions: `2025-11-25`, `2025-06-18`, `2025-03-26` - Tools: 12, each publishing a JSON Schema 2020-12 `outputSchema` - Free brand layer: `search_brands`, `resolve_brand`, `get_brand`, `get_brand_context`, `get_brand_asset`, `get_brand_assets` - Paid evidence and planning: `get_design_evidence`, `get_screen`, `get_workflow`, `compare_interfaces`, `plan_interface`, `review_implementation` - Metering: units reserved before execution; prompts, screenshots and returned evidence are never logged ## REST and assets - `GET https://api.design.live/v1/brands?q={query}`: Search brands by query, vertical, archetype, audience, interaction domain, style, platform or evidence coverage. - `GET https://api.design.live/v1/brands/{identifier}`: One normalized brand record — colors, fonts, context, assets, provenance. - `GET https://api.design.live/v1/coverage`: Public evidence coverage snapshot. - `GET https://cdn.design.live/v1/domain/{domain}/{variant}`: Current approved brand asset. `variant` is `icon`, `logo` or `symbol`; optional `?theme=light|dark|auto`. Redirects to the immutable content-addressed object. - `POST https://design.live/api/rights`: Correction, takedown, brand claim or permission update intake. ## Brand DESIGN.md files Each curated brand publishes a plain-text DESIGN.md brief — palette, type, signature moves and evidence coverage — that an agent can save straight into a repository. - [Stripe DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/stripe/design.md): Signature purple, weight-300 elegance, engineered trust — distilled into a kit your coding agent can follow. - [Apple DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/apple/design.md): Vast white space, SF Pro precision and cinematic product imagery — the reference for premium consumer restraint. - [Linear DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/linear/design.md): Ultra-minimal surfaces, keyboard-first density and one precise purple accent — software that feels engineered. - [Notion DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/notion/design.md): Warm minimalism with serif headings, hand-drawn illustration and soft paper surfaces — friendly, editorial software. - [Vercel DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/vercel/design.md): Pure black-and-white precision, Geist typography and terminal-grade restraint — the developer aesthetic, perfected. - [Airbnb DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/airbnb/design.md): Warm coral, photography-led storytelling and generously rounded UI — a marketplace built on belonging. - [BMW M DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/bmw-m/design.md): Pure black canvas, motorsport tricolor accents and machined typography — performance rendered as an interface. - [Spotify DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/spotify/design.md): Vibrant green on near-black, heavyweight type and album art as the color system — sound made visible. - [OpenAI DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/openai/design.md): Research-grade neutrality: Söhne typography, near-monochrome surfaces and interfaces that get out of the model's way. - [Anthropic DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/anthropic/design.md): Book-cloth terracotta on ivory paper, serif-led editorial layouts — AI presented with humanist warmth. - [Perplexity DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/perplexity/design.md): Deep teal on soft paper, editorial answer layouts and citations treated as first-class UI — search rebuilt on trust. - [Revolut DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/revolut/design.md): Glossy metallic gradients, motion-first product shots and confident near-black type — fintech as a flagship consumer brand. - [Coinbase DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/coinbase/design.md): One institutional blue, plain-spoken copy and high-contrast layouts — crypto presented like a bank you'd trust. - [Wise DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/wise/design.md): Bright lime on deep forest green, chunky display type and radical fee transparency — money without borders, loudly. - [GitHub DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/github/design.md): The Primer design system: Mona Sans typography, dark-mode-native surfaces and density tuned for daily-driver tools. - [Figma DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/figma/design.md): Playful primary colors, a canvas-first interface and multiplayer cursors as brand — the tool that made design social. - [Porsche DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/porsche/design.md): Monochrome precision with one guards-red accent, engineered spacing and photography that treats cars as sculpture. - [Netflix DESIGN.md](https://design.live/brands/netflix/design.md): Cinematic near-black, one signature red and artwork-led rows — an interface designed to disappear behind the story. ## Site - [Home](https://design.live/): The positioning, the prompt library and the live brand library. - [Brand library](https://design.live/brands): Every curated brand system with its DESIGN.md. - [Rights, corrections and takedowns](https://design.live/rights): Brand claim and permission intake. - [Privacy](https://design.live/privacy): What is collected, and what is deliberately never collected. ## Rules for agents - Retrieve brand context and evidence before generating interface code; do not guess colors, logos or type. - Keep provenance attached to anything you cite. - Evidence is a reasoning reference, not protected expression to reproduce pixel for pixel. - Never log, print or commit a `dl_live_` key.