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Designforyou MCP Server

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Designforyou is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 14 tools. Last commit 30 Jul 2026.

Generate logos, social posts, app screenshots, comic panels & visual-novel assets from prompts.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 99%
91 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
14
Tools
read from the server
555 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 30 Jul 2026

What changed 41

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 8 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

30 Sep 14 tools disappeared audition, audition_status, cast_character and 11 more
13 Sep 13 tools disappeared animate_reference_grok_video, animate_reference_image, animate_reference_video and 10 more
18 Aug 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for3 times that day generate, minute_clip_composer
18 Aug 2 tool descriptions were rewritten generate, minute_clip_composer
18 Aug a tool changed version
9 Aug a tool description was rewritten minute_clip_composer
9 Aug a tool changed the parameters it asks for minute_clip_composer
8 Aug 2 tools appeared minute_clip_composer, my_minute_clip_jobs
8 Aug 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for generate_endless_idle_loop, queue_minimax_h3_videos
8 Aug a tool description was rewritten queue_minimax_h3_videos
and 2 more, back to 8 August 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call animate_reference_grok_video.image_data_url → local-provider.js:373, animate_reference_grok_video.image_data_url → local-provider.js:376, generate_endless_idle_loop.image_data_url → local-provider.js:376 и ещё 5
  fs.writeFileSync(referencePath, Buffer.from(match[2], "base64"));
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command bin.js:28
const child = spawn(process.execPath, args, { stdio: "inherit" });

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add designforyou --transport http https://designforyou.swapp1990.org/mcp/v2/
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://designforyou.swapp1990.org/mcp/v2/
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.designforyou]
url = "https://designforyou.swapp1990.org/mcp/v2/"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "designforyou": {
      "url": "https://designforyou.swapp1990.org/mcp/v2/"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "designforyou": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://designforyou.swapp1990.org/mcp/v2/"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 14

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

comic
comic_design_brief
Return the no-server-LLM Living Panels authoring brief: PanelScript instructions, schema, unit templates, and success criteria. Use this when the MCP client will do the creative direction with its own model, then call comic_submit_design with the authored Story JSON.
comic_revision_brief
Return the current Story JSON, stale-write hash, allowed patch paths, and dirty-node contract for a client-authored Living Panels revision. Use this when the client will decide the edit with its own model, then call comic_submit_revision.
comic_status
Check asset-production progress for a comic created with create_comic: panels, motion clips, and voice lines done vs total, plus ready=true when the whole comic is live at its reader_url. Free to call.
comic_submit_design
Accept a client-authored Living Panels Story JSON and start artifact production without using a server story LLM. The client does direction; DesignForYou validates, saves, generates character sheets, panel/unit art, motion clips, voice-over, and assembles the public reader.
comic_submit_revision
Apply a client-authored Living Panels revision without using a server revision LLM. Targeted changes regenerate only inferred dirty producer nodes such as panel:<id>, motion:<id>, or tts:<bubble_id>.
create_comic
Write and produce a Living Panels interactive comic from a one-paragraph premise. One call writes a complete 5-page comic (panels, dialogue, motion plan, voice casting) and starts generating every asset in the background: character sheet, ~13 panels of art with character consistency, ambient image-to-video motion for the liveliest panels, and per-line voice-over. Returns immediately with the story summary and a public reader_url where the comic can be read, watched live, and heard. Production takes several minutes — poll comic_status until ready, then share the reader_url.
generate
generate
Generate one or more finished images from a template (get a template_id from recommend_template or browse_templates) plus a description. Use this after the user has selected or explicitly supplied a template_id; otherwise call `recommend_template` first so the visual gallery can collect the selection. Works for all categories (Instagram, logo, app-store, Visual Novel backgrounds/sprites, CG illustrations). Pass variants for multi-image output (expressions, time-of-day, etc.). Pass session_id to refine a prior result. Pass context_ids to ground a new image on prior designs (character consistency for VN CG scenes). Set model to 'minimax-h3-image-balanced' or 'minimax-h3-image-quality' (or use the 'h3 balanced'/'h3 quality' aliases) to render through the MiniMax H3 image service; context_ids are forwarded as ordered H3 reference images.
vn_generate_sprite_sheet
Generate one fixed-grid visual-novel character sprite sheet, crop it into cell assets, remove the chroma-key background, validate transparent sprites, and return a VN Creator-ready manifest. Base cost: 3 credits. Optional quality.hi_res_cells=true adds a reference-grounded per-cell re-render at full native resolution (fixes cells being limited to ~1/N of the sheet resolution) and bills +2 credits per cell re-rendered. quality.hi_res_model optionally routes the hi-res pass to a specific model (e.g. gpt-image-2 for fabric fidelity).
browse
browse_templates
Browse the DesignForYou template catalog. Optionally filter by category (e.g. 'instagram', 'app-store', 'logo', 'living-panels'). Returns template IDs, names, and previews.
credits
get_credits
Return the authenticated user's current credit balance, usage, and Stripe subscription status. Free to call.
recommend
recommend_template
Recommend the best matching templates for any use case. Describe what you need and the system auto-detects the category and ranks templates by relevance. Return the recommendations so the user can pick a template from the visual gallery; do not call `generate` in the same turn unless the user explicitly names a template_id or asks you to skip selection.
template
create_template
Create a private reusable DesignForYou template from a structured brief. The returned template_id works immediately with get_text_fields and generate. This stores a user-owned template in the canonical catalog collection; it does not publish it to the anonymous gallery.
text
get_text_fields
List a template's editable text fields (headline, subhead, CTA, etc.) with their current values. Free. Use right after a template is chosen and BEFORE `generate` when you want to fill the template's fields precisely instead of relying on a freeform description.
widget
widget_diagnostic
Return a fixed, no-cost DesignForYou widget payload for ChatGPT Apps debugging. Use this only to verify the template gallery/result iframe renders correctly; it does not generate images, use an LLM, or charge credits.

Tools removed

Tools this server used to expose. Anything built against them stopped working on the day they went.

animate_reference_grok_video
removed 13 Sep 2026
animate_reference_image
removed 13 Sep 2026
animate_reference_video
removed 13 Sep 2026
assemble_shortform_reel
removed 13 Sep 2026
extend_minimax_h3_video
removed 13 Sep 2026
generate_character_video
removed 13 Sep 2026
generate_endless_idle_loop
removed 13 Sep 2026
minimax_h3_video_status
removed 13 Sep 2026
minute_clip_composer
removed 13 Sep 2026
my_minute_clip_jobs
removed 13 Sep 2026
queue_minimax_h3_videos
removed 13 Sep 2026
remove_minimax_h3_queue_job
removed 13 Sep 2026
reorder_minimax_h3_queue
removed 13 Sep 2026
audition
removed 30 Sep 2026
audition_status
removed 30 Sep 2026
cast_character
removed 30 Sep 2026
casting_roster
removed 30 Sep 2026
create_actor
removed 30 Sep 2026
delete_actor
removed 30 Sep 2026
delete_audition
removed 30 Sep 2026
delete_casting
removed 30 Sep 2026
generate_scene_frame
removed 30 Sep 2026
my_actors
removed 30 Sep 2026
my_auditions
removed 30 Sep 2026
publish_actor
removed 30 Sep 2026
report_casting_abuse
removed 30 Sep 2026
revise_audition
removed 30 Sep 2026

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://designforyou.swapp1990.org/mcp/v2/ streamable-http answering 544 ms 4 min ago

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Designforyou — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Designforyou do?
It exposes 14 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: browse_templates, comic_design_brief, comic_revision_brief, comic_status, comic_submit_design, comic_submit_revision and 8 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is Designforyou mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around comic and generate. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is Designforyou working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 555 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Did Designforyou ever remove tools?
Yes. animate_reference_grok_video, animate_reference_image, animate_reference_video, assemble_shortform_reel and 23 more are no longer exposed — we recorded the date each one disappeared. A tool vanishing usually means a breaking change for anything that depended on it.
How do I connect Designforyou?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Designforyou need an API key?
No. Designforyou completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 14 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Designforyou?
It answers our handshake in 555 ms on average, which is faster than 20% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Designforyou open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at designforyou.swapp1990.org, which runs on its operator's own terms.