Visily UI Design MCP Server

Visily is an AI design canvas that turns text prompts, screenshots, URLs & more into UI designs that are as easy to edit as a Google Slide. The Visily MCP server brings those designs into your AI coding agent: point it at a Visily board or screen and your agent can find it, turn it into application code, or pull its theme tokens. Its README documents 3 tools, including get_design_context, get_screenshot, get_board_theme. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that want a hosted coding agent endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in JavaScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-07-01 · ★ 5 · #183 OF 194 MAINTAINED CODING AGENT · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

JavaScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Visily UI Design

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add visily-app-mcp-plugins --transport http https://app.visily.ai/api/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "visily-app-mcp-plugins": {
      "url": "https://app.visily.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://app.visily.ai/api/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - authentication required · probed 2026-08-25

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to app.visily.ai

endpoint auth requires authentication - rejected our unauthenticated MCP initialize

license no standard license detected - usage rights unclear; check the repo before commercial use

registry namespace io.github.visily-app is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Visily UI Design can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 3 documented tools, including get_design_context, get_screenshot, get_board_theme.

The 3 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what Visily UI Design lets an agent do.

get_design_context
- Primary. Returns designData + theme + screenshot metadata for one element.
get_screenshot
- Fetch a screenshot for visual verification.
get_board_theme
- Board design system as shadcn tokens (JSON / CSS / Tailwind).

04 · Who maintains Visily UI Design

Visily UI Design is maintained by visily-app. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jun 2026.

05 · Facts

repository
github.com/visily-app/mcp-plugins
website
https://www.visily.ai/
category
coding agent - ranked #183 of 194 actively-maintained coding agent servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry
io.github.visily-app/visily (active, first published 2026-07-02 · 2 versions)

06 · Visily UI Design FAQ

Is Visily UI Design still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-07-01. We re-verify nightly.

What can Visily UI Design do?

An agent gets 3 documented tools, including get_design_context, get_screenshot, get_board_theme.

How do I install Visily UI Design?

Run `claude mcp add visily-app-mcp-plugins --transport http https://app.visily.ai/api/mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Visily UI Design require authentication?

Yes - when we probed the endpoint on 2026-08-25, it rejected an unauthenticated MCP initialize; you'll need credentials to connect.

07 · Alternatives to Visily UI Design

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