# Awwwards MCP (MCP server) > Awwwards MCP is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Free, open-source MCP server that gives AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, ZCode…) design inspiration from award-winning… It has 337 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y awwwards-mcp. Free, open-source MCP server that gives AI agents design inspiration from Awwwards — the Mobbin-style visual reference loop, sourced from the web's best award-winning websites. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Repository | https://github.com/INSANE0777/Awwwards-mcp | | GitHub stars | 337 | | License | MIT | | Language | TypeScript | | Transport | stdio | | Packages | npm: awwwards-mcp | | Remote URL | none | | Needs API key | no | | Official | no | | Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code | | Category | Developer tools | | Latest release | v1.13.0 (Oct 25, 2026) | | Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 | ## Install ### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json) ```json { "mcpServers": { "awwwards-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "awwwards-mcp" ] } } } ``` Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards. ### Claude Code ```sh claude mcp add --transport stdio awwwards-mcp -- npx -y awwwards-mcp ``` ### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json) ```json { "mcpServers": { "awwwards-mcp": { "type": "stdio", "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "awwwards-mcp" ] } } } ``` Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project. ### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json) ```json { "servers": { "awwwards-mcp": { "type": "stdio", "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "awwwards-mcp" ] } } } ``` Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07. ## Tools - `search_sites`: Search by color, tags, technology, award type or free-text query. - `get_site_details`: Full design DNA for one site: palette, technologies, elements, awards, description. - `compare_sites`: Compare 2–3 sites' design DNA and jury scores as text-only JSON. Uses cached details or fetches missing detail pages. - `create_design_brief`: Turn 2–5 selected site slugs plus a required project goal into a deterministic, cited build brief. - `get_index_status`: Read local index count, crawl progress, last success/error, lock state and freshness without network requests. - `get_site_elements`: Component-level visuals for one site: each element's poster image inline (3D models, video content, mobile layouts,… - `list_categories`: Every filter the agent can search by (200+ tags, 27 colors). - `capture_live_site`: Optional: fresh full-page screenshot of any live URL. Waits for load + a settle window with a bounded pre-scroll, so… - `analyze_page_structure`: Section band map of any page (live URL or local file:// build): tag, background, offset, height per band. - `record_site_motion`: Optional: short motion-through video of a live URL — preloader, scroll-triggered and hover/cursor animations. - `search_elements`: Search the inspiration-elements gallery (footer, hero, pricing, 404…) by free text; ranks BM25 over… - `get_element`: One element record: title, category, author, built-with stack, related elements and its media URL (image or video)… - `get_motion_dna`: Runtime motion fingerprint of a live URL: animation libraries, render engines, ScrollTrigger stats (trigger count,… - `analyze_scroll_map`: Per-element scroll-motion census of any URL: selector path, trigger source (gsap-scrolltrigger / native css scroll &… - `analyze_hover_census`: Hover-interaction census: extracts :hover rules from stylesheets, then samples up to 20 interactive elements… - `analyze_bundle`: Bundle forensics for a live page: fetches the page once, downloads its script chunks (script tags, inline scripts, and… - `build_project`: Convert a single-file exact rebuild (any local .html, e.g. the rebuild flow's full-page-exact.html) into a runnable… - `verify_build`: Score a build against a reference site: band-map compare (Dice score) + motion-fingerprint diff (trigger mix,… - `capture_component`: Optional: serialize one page component (CSS selector, default header) into a portable component-pack-v1 JSON pack —… - `capture_pose_3d`: Hero canvas reference frames → camera pose grid; runs on any URL. - `build_pose_stub`: Pose grid → offline three.js+GSAP replay skeleton. Renders a pose-grid-v1 grid as a standalone scroll-scrubbed stub… - `analyze_stack`: Fingerprint any page's stack from one polite HTML fetch (no browser): framework… - `build_gsap_stub`: Captured motion evidence → runnable single-file GSAP+ScrollTrigger stub: one timeline per scroll-census anim (trigger,… - `search_motion`: Search previously captured motion-DNA scans by library, scroll model or easing vocabulary — find references by how a… - `new_winners`: Poll today's freshly-crowned winners (SOTD / Developer Award / Honorable Mention) against a persisted baseline. - `watch_site`: Persistent watches over studios, tags or specific sites (add/list/remove). ## Similar MCP servers - [OpenLore](https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/openlore): Deterministic, local-first memory and guardrails for AI coding agents with no LLM in the hot path. (353 stars, MIT) - [gflow-cli](https://appsgit.com/mcp-servers/gflow-cli): Drive Google Flow from an agent: Veo video and Imagen image generation. 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