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Designforyou MCP Server

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Designforyou is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 36 tools. Last commit 30 Jul 2026.

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

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last commit 30 Jul 2026

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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/
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "designforyou": {
      "url": "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
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "designforyou": {
      "url": "https://designforyou.swapp1990.org/mcp/v2/"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 36

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).
generate_character_video
Generate a short realistic character video from structured requirements. The tool gives DesignForYou's reusable home-video character template and the user's requirements to a text LLM, which writes a fresh final video prompt while preserving character consistency, camera imperfections, ambient audio, and requested shot structure. It then generates a Gemini Omni Flash video. Use this for 3-10 second character/lifestyle clips.
generate_scene_frame
Generate one actor-grounded narrative first frame from one to four existing LetMeActForYou actor_ids plus location, wardrobe, pose, and composition. Uses actor headshots as image references and returns a stored image_url. For multi-shot continuity, first generate a wide scene reference, then pass its scene_frame_id as continuity_scene_frame_id while specifying a fresh camera setup in composition and fresh blocking in pose for every shot. Pass only the actor_ids that should be visible in that shot. Pass composition_reference_url to preserve a Blender previs frame's camera and blocking while replacing proxy geometry with actors and the finished set. Defaults to Gemini; pass provider='grok' to use Grok Imagine. Use this before animation when a close-up headshot is not enough.
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).
animate
animate_reference_grok_video
Generate a short image-to-video take with xAI Grok Imagine Video from one reference frame. The result is normalized to the requested source duration.
animate_reference_image
Generate a short vertical image-to-video take from one supplied reference frame. Use an HTTPS artifact URL or a data URL when exact source style and composition need to anchor the shot.
animate_reference_video
Generate a short video take conditioned on one supplied source clip. Preserves the source shot's actors, illustration style, wardrobe, camera, and action more closely than a still-frame reference.
audition
audition
Start a casting audition: the chosen actor performs your cue in a short (~8-10s) vertical video. Billed. Returns audition_id immediately; poll audition_status every few seconds until status=ready, then share video_url. Get actor_id from casting_roster.
audition_status
Check a casting audition started with audition: status (rendering / ready / failed) and, when ready, the video_url to share. Free to call.
delete_audition
Permanently remove the authenticated user's media and user-authored direction for one ready or refunded-failed audition. Keeps a minimal tombstone for billing, refund, and lineage audit. Destructive and free.
actor
create_actor
Create a private reusable LetMeActForYou actor. Generates a casting headshot, stores it on S3, and returns actor_id for cast_character or audition. When available, provide a saved full-body standing performance_reference_url; all generated clips prioritize it over the profile headshot. The default casting template produces an original Pixar-quality 3D animated feature-film headshot; pass stable fictional physical identity, not performance direction. Apparent age may be child, teen, adult, or elderly.
delete_actor
Delete an unused private actor and headshot. Refuses seeded actors and actors referenced by active castings or auditions. Destructive and free.
casting
casting_roster
List only the public seeded LetMeActForYou casting roster with headshots, type, and bio. This public catalog never includes a user's private actors; authenticated users can retrieve those with my_actors. Call this first, show the user the seed actors, then call audition with the chosen actor_id.
delete_casting
Delete an unused authenticated-user casting. Refuses while active auditions reference it. Destructive and free.
minimax
minimax_h3_video_status
Check a queued MiniMax H3 video for free. Pass wait_seconds (up to 900) to keep this MCP call open until the job completes, fails, or is cancelled; completed jobs include the persistent S3 video_url. This works from any MCP thread authenticated as the same account that queued the job.
remove_minimax_h3_queue_job
Remove one queued MiniMax H3 job. For an active render, use the safe cancellation action instead.
actors
my_actors
List only the authenticated user's private reusable LetMeActForYou actors, newest first. Free. Supports bounded offset pagination and never returns internal identity prompts or visual descriptions.
assemble
assemble_shortform_reel
Assemble ordered local video segments or HTTPS generated-artifact URLs into one normalized 9:16 MP4. This is the missing composition step for multi-take LetMeActForYou stories.
auditions
my_auditions
List only the authenticated user's LetMeActForYou audition history, newest first. Free. Supports bounded offset pagination and an optional queued, rendering, ready, or failed status filter.
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.
cast
cast_character
Bind a seeded or private actor to one story character. Returns a casting_id that keeps character identity and story provenance across takes.
credits
get_credits
Return the authenticated user's current credit balance, usage, and Stripe subscription status. Free to call.
queue
queue_minimax_h3_videos
Add one or more prompts to your private self-hosted MiniMax H3 queue. Each prompt costs 5 credits. Choose 5, 8, 10, or 15 seconds and optionally attach up to five image URLs; images are references by default, with optional first/last frame roles. Queued jobs resume automatically when the offline GPU worker returns.
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.
reorder
reorder_minimax_h3_queue
Move a queued MiniMax H3 job one place earlier or later. It never interrupts an active render.
report
report_casting_abuse
Report a visible LetMeActForYou actor or an audition owned by the authenticated user. Free. Stores bounded triage metadata without copying prompts, media URLs, billing data, or account identity.
revise
revise_audition
Create a child take from an existing audition. Inherits actor, story casting, cue, emotion, and line unless overrides are supplied, while preserving parent/root ids and the director note.
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.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://designforyou.swapp1990.org/mcp/v2/ streamable-http answering 547 ms 4 min ago

Designforyou — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Designforyou do?
It exposes 36 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: animate_reference_grok_video, animate_reference_image, animate_reference_video, assemble_shortform_reel, audition, audition_status and 30 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, generate and animate. 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 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 593 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
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 with the file path 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 36 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 593 ms on average, which is faster than 16% 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?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.