Visily UI Design

Visily MCP

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.

Note

Access requirement. The Visily MCP works only on workspaces on a Pro or Business plan where you are the workspace creator or have an editor license. Free workspaces and viewer/guest roles are not supported. This is enforced on every request.

What you can do

• Turn a Visily design into code. Generate production-ready code from a Visily screen or board — whether the UI was AI-generated in Visily or hand-authored. The agent rebuilds semantic, responsive components (default stack: React + TypeScript + Tailwind v4 + shadcn/ui) instead of pasting a static export.
• Find a board or screen and get its link. Ask for a design by description ("the board I was working on for the 4.6 release") and the agent returns a link to open it — without leaving your editor.
• Apply a board's theme. Pull a board's design system as shadcn/Tailwind v4 tokens and apply it to another app's styling.

Install & connect

Authentication is OAuth — your client prompts you to sign in to Visily on first use. There are no API keys to manage.

The current Visily MCP server URL is:

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

Each platform's drop-in files live under plugins/<platform>/.

Claude Code

claude plugin marketplace add visily-app/mcp-plugins
claude plugin install visily@visily

Then reload Claude Code and run /mcp → select visily → complete the OAuth sign-in. Full walkthrough: installation-guides/claude.md.

Cursor

Cursor 2.5+ packaged plugin — install from a local clone in the agent chat:

/add-plugin ./plugins/cursor

Reload Cursor; the MCP server appears under Settings → MCP (OAuth on first use) and the Visily skill loads automatically. Details: plugins/cursor/README.md.

Cline

Cline can connect directly to the hosted Visily MCP server with Streamable HTTP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "visily": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://app.visily.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Full agent-readable install guidance: llms-install.md.

Codex

codex plugin marketplace add visily-app/mcp-plugins
codex plugin add visily@visily

Authorize via OAuth on first use. Full walkthrough: installation-guides/codex.md.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT connects to remote MCP servers via Developer Mode custom connectors (Plus, Pro, Business, or Enterprise). Enable Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode, add a custom connector pointing at the server URL above, and complete OAuth. Then paste plugins/chatgpt/AGENTS.md into a Project/GPT's instructions. Steps: plugins/chatgpt/SETUP.md.

Antigravity

Copy plugins/antigravity/.agents/ into your project root and merge plugins/antigravity/mcp_config.json into your global MCP config. Details: installation-guides/antigravity.md.

Kiro

Copy plugins/kiro/ into your Kiro powers directory (it contains POWER.md, per-intent steering/ workflows, and mcp.json). Merge mcp.json into your Kiro MCP config and authorize via OAuth. The Power activates on Visily URLs and find/build/theme intents.

Replit Agent

Install the hosted Visily MCP server with a one-click Replit install link: installation-guides/replit.md.

Lovable

Commit plugins/lovable/AGENTS.md to your repo root and add the Visily MCP connector in the Lovable UI. Details: plugins/lovable/SETUP.md.

v0 (Vercel)

v0 supports custom MCP servers natively. Add the server URL above via Settings → MCP Connections (or Add MCP in the prompt form) and authorize via OAuth, then commit plugins/v0/AGENTS.md to your repo root. Details: plugins/v0/SETUP.md.

Other editors (Streamable HTTP)

Any client that supports Streamable-HTTP MCP can connect with this config:

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

This covers VS Code (Copilot), Windsurf, Cline, Gemini CLI, and similar tools. Check your client's docs for where MCP server config lives; OAuth runs on first use.

Note

Google AI Studio does not natively support MCP connectors yet (it only works through third-party browser bridges, which we don't recommend). For a Google-native option, use Firebase Studio, which supports MCP servers via .idx/mcp.json — drop the same url config there. We'll add a first-class recipe when AI Studio ships native MCP support.

Prompting your agent

Give the agent a Visily link and a clear intent. The agent extracts the IDs from the URL — it doesn't open the page.

Examples

• "Find the Visily board I was working on for the 4.6 release and give me the link."
• "Build this Visily screen as React + Tailwind: https://app.visily.ai/projects/abc/boards/456/elements/789"
• "Implement this board in Next.js, reusing my src/components/ui components."
• "Apply my Visily board theme to this app's globals.css."

A Visily URL looks like:

https://app.visily.ai/projects/{projectId}/boards/{boardId}/elements/{elementId}

Structure your Visily file for better code

The more intent your design carries, the better the generated code:

• Name your screens and key groups semantically in Visily — names flow into the export and into the link-matching for "find my board."
• Lean on Visily's theme / design system so the agent can apply real tokens instead of guessing colors and radii.
• Ask for one screen at a time for large boards — smaller selections produce more reliable results.

Tools

Tool	Use
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).
list_workspaces, list_projects, list_boards, list_elements	Discovery / find-a-board.
get_workspace, get_project, get_board, get_element, get_element_export	Advanced — metadata and raw exports rarely needed for the three use cases; prefer the tools above.

The server also ships prompts (e.g. find_visily_board, generate_code_from_element, apply_board_theme) and resources (visily://docs/...) that your agent reads on demand.

Custom rules (optional)

Set project-level guidance so output stays consistent — like onboarding notes for a new teammate.

Cursor (.cursor/rules/visily-quality.mdc):

---
description: Visily code-generation rules
alwaysApply: false
---
- Treat Visily `designData` as a reference, not final code — rebuild semantically.
- Apply the Visily `theme` tokens; never hardcode hex, radii, or spacing.
- Reuse existing components in `src/components/ui` instead of duplicating.
- Verify against `get_screenshot` for 1:1 layout before finishing.

Claude Code (CLAUDE.md):

## Visily MCP rules
- Treat Visily `designData` as a reference, not final code — rebuild semantically.
- Apply the Visily `theme` tokens; never hardcode hex, radii, or spacing.
- Reuse existing components instead of duplicating; verify with `get_screenshot`.

How this repo is built

plugins/ is generated from a single shared source (shared/) by scripts/build.mjs. To change the integration, edit shared/ and run npm run build — never edit plugins/ by hand. See CONTRIBUTING.md.