State of AI in Design Systems — July 2026

Measured conclusion: Deep-tested. L2 outcome: tools_ok.

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "State of AI in Design Systems — July 2026": {
      "url": "https://state-of-ai-in-design-systems.netlify.app/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Measured tools (9)

• list_systems read-only

  List the 21 design systems and component libraries in the survey, one compact line each: id, org, category, AI maturity, license, doc and repo links, which affordance types it ships, and a one-sentence headline. Filter to narrow before spending a get_system call. Snapshot of 2026-07-28; cite each record's docs_url or repo_url rather than this server. Full detail: get_system.

  Parameters:

  • org — string — Case-insensitive substring match on the maintaining organization.
  • category — string
  • maturity — string — How far the system has gone on AI consumption.
  • platform — string — Only systems with a documented integration with this platform.
  • has_affordance — string — Only systems shipping at least one affordance of this type.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• get_system read-only

  Full record for one design system: summary, maintenance status, every AI affordance, every model-coercion technique, platform integrations, gaps, and sources. Snippet bodies are stripped by default and replaced with a snippet_ref you can pass to get_snippet — ask for include:["snippets"] only when you really want every code block, it is roughly ten times the size. format:"markdown" returns the same page the site publishes at /systems/{id}.md, front matter and all. Snapshot of 2026-07-28; cite the source_url on each record.

  Parameters:

  • id (required) — string — System id, as returned by list_systems or search.
  • format — string — Defaults to json.
  • include — array — Narrow the record to these sections. Omit for everything except snippet bodies.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• search read-only

  Full-text search across every system summary, affordance, coercion technique, snippet body, platform capability, and finding. Words are ANDed. Returns short excerpts with a source_url and, where one exists, a snippet_ref for get_snippet. This is the cheapest way in when you do not know which system to look at. Snapshot of 2026-07-28; cite the source_url on each hit.

  Parameters:

  • query (required) — string — Words to look for, e.g. "code connect" or "hallucinated component".
  • kind — string
  • limit — integer — Default 20.
  • system_id — string — Restrict to one system.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• list_affordances read-only

  The cross-system view of all 200 AI affordances: MCP servers, agent skills, llms.txt files, instruction files, registries, scaffolding CLIs and the rest. Use it to answer "who ships X" across the whole survey. Descriptions only, no snippet bodies — follow a snippet_ref into get_snippet for the code. Paginated; check next_offset. Snapshot of 2026-07-28; cite each record's docs_url or code_url.

  Parameters:

  • type — string
  • limit — integer — Default 25.
  • offset — integer
  • audience — string — Who the affordance is aimed at.
  • official — boolean — true for first-party only, false for community only.
  • system_id — string

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• list_techniques read-only

  The catalog of 165 techniques these systems use to stop a model writing plausible but wrong code: validation loops, prohibitions and allow-lists, curated context, tool gating, token enforcement, exemplars, registry metadata, instruction files, scaffolding, design-to-code mapping. Descriptions only; pass a snippet_ref to get_snippet for the verbatim source. Paginated. Snapshot of 2026-07-28; cite snippet_source_url.

  Parameters:

  • limit — integer — Default 25.
  • offset — integer
  • category — string
  • system_id — string

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• get_snippet read-only

  Fetch the verbatim body of one quoted file or code block by its ref, as handed to you by search, list_affordances, list_techniques or get_system. Refs look like "technique:ant-design:3" or "affordance:carbon-design-system:7". Returns the text with the source_url it was quoted from — quote that URL when you use the snippet. Snapshot of 2026-07-28.

  Parameters:

  • ref (required) — string — A snippet_ref returned by another tool.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• get_stats read-only

  Counts, breakdowns, and the exact enum values every other tool accepts as a filter. Call this first if you are unsure what to pass for maturity, affordance type, technique category, system id or report section. Also carries per-system affordance coverage. Small and cheap. Snapshot of 2026-07-28, except the "reading" report section — see reading_updated in the response.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• get_report read-only

  The prose half of the study: the findings, where the systems converge and diverge, the essay, the per-question pages, and — read this before quoting any number — the methodology and its caveats. Returns markdown byte-identical to the file the site serves, with YAML front matter carrying the canonical url and citation. Call with no arguments for the list of sections. Snapshot of 2026-07-28, except the "reading" section, which is kept current and carries its own updated date (2026-09-21).

  Parameters:

  • section — string — A section id from get_stats enums.report_section, or "all" for the list. Default "all".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• get_platform read-only

  One of the 6 platforms design systems build on: figma, penpot, storybook, supernova, knapsack, zeroheight. Platforms are shaped differently from systems — they have capabilities rather than affordances — so they get their own tool. Includes what the platform ships for agents and how widely design systems have adopted it. Snippet bodies come back as refs for get_snippet. Snapshot of 2026-07-28; cite the url on each capability.

  Parameters:

  • id (required) — string
  • format — string — Defaults to json.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

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