About Zaps
Zaps is an MCP service that turns photos and a brief into finished social-media designs, with links for further editing in its editor. It supports AI agents across several clients, and searching plus the first design require no account.
Key features
- 01Generate multiple designs from photos and a brief
- 02Search and rank templates
- 03Upload photos by link or inline bytes
- 04Render a selected template
- 05Edit designs through linked editor
Use cases
- 01Create social stories, carousels, and reel covers
- 02Make invitations from supplied photos and text
MCP support
Provides a hosted Streamable HTTP MCP server at https://api.zaps.design/mcp. Its tools search templates, upload images, and create or render designs for MCP clients.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://api.zaps.design/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http design-zaps-zaps https://api.zaps.design/mcp{"mcpServers":{"design-zaps-zaps":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.zaps.design/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"design-zaps-zaps":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.zaps.design/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"design-zaps-zaps":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.zaps.design/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"design-zaps-zaps":{"serverUrl":"https://api.zaps.design/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
4| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | No | How many templates to return. Default 5. |
| query | string | Yes | Title Case phrases separated by commas, the way the catalogue describes itself. Five or six covering occasion, subject and mood. |
| segment | string | No | Optional shape filter, e.g. story or carousel. |
Details
From the project READMEZaps for agents
Turn someone's photos into finished social-media designs (stories, carousels, reel covers, invites) from any AI agent. Give it photos and a brief, and Zaps picks matching templates, places the photos and the words, and returns finished images with a link to keep editing each one in the Zaps editor.
- No key, no signup to start. Searching and the first design are free with no account.
- Signing in is a browser click. When a call needs an account, your client opens a Zaps sign-in page (OAuth). After that it stays signed in.
- One hosted server:
https://api.zaps.design/mcp(MCP, Streamable HTTP).
Install
| Client | Command |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | /plugin marketplace add turnip-agentic/zaps-agent then /plugin install zaps@zaps |
| Claude Code (server only) | claude mcp add --transport http zaps https://api.zaps.design/mcp |
| Codex | codex plugin marketplace add turnip-agentic/zaps-agent then codex plugin add zaps@zaps |
| Antigravity | agy plugin install <path to a clone of this repo> or agy mcp add zaps https://api.zaps.design/mcp |
| Gemini CLI | gemini extensions install https://github.com/turnip-agentic/zaps-agent |
| Cursor | npx github:turnip-agentic/zaps-agent install cursor |
| Windsurf | npx github:turnip-agentic/zaps-agent install windsurf |
| opencode | npx github:turnip-agentic/zaps-agent install opencode |
| VS Code / GitHub Copilot | code --add-mcp '{"name":"zaps","type":"http","url":"https://api.zaps.design/mcp"}' |
| Any agent with skills | npx skills add turnip-agentic/zaps-agent |
| ChatGPT | Find Zaps in the ChatGPT plugin directory |
| Anything else | Add https://api.zaps.design/mcp as a remote (HTTP) MCP server |
No install at all? One GET makes a design:
https://api.zaps.design/make?brief=Birthday%20Party,%20Friends&photo=<public photo url>&text=Happy%20Birthday.
In a browser, https://api.zaps.design/make is a form that takes photo files.
What is in here
| Path | For |
|---|---|
skills/zaps-design/SKILL.md | The skill: how to write the brief, upload photos and make designs |
plugin.json, mcp.json | Agent Plugins manifest (ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor) |
.claude-plugin/, .mcp.json | Claude Code plugin and marketplace |
.agents/plugins/marketplace.json | Codex marketplace |
mcp_config.json | Antigravity plugin MCP config |
gemini-extension.json, GEMINI.md | Gemini CLI extension |
server.json | MCP Registry entry |
bin/zaps-mcp.mjs | install <client> helper, and a stdio bridge for clients without remote MCP |
Tools
| Tool | Does |
|---|---|
create_designs | Photos and a brief in, several finished designs out. The main call. |
upload_images | Upload links (or inline bytes) for photos on the caller's machine. Free. |
search_templates | Rank the template catalogue by a description. Free. |
fill_template | Render one chosen template with photos. |
Docs: https://zaps.design/docs/api · Privacy: https://zaps.design/privacy · Terms: https://zaps.design/terms · Support: https://zaps.design/support
Privacy Policy
The photos and text you send are used to make your designs. How Zaps collects, uses, shares and retains data is set out in its privacy policy: https://zaps.design/privacy. Contact: https://zaps.design/support.
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