# Palate

> The taste layer for AI website builders.

Palate is a hosted MCP server that feeds AI agents structured design intelligence from 268 deeply-analysed real websites. It gives agents the taste and craft to build distinctive sites instead of defaulting to generic patterns.

## Tools

The following refs_* tools are available via the MCP protocol:

- refs_search: Find references by vertical, page type, style, or keyword.
- refs_get: Deep read of a single reference (facets, do/don't rules, component prompts).
- refs_for_business: Match references by business description.
- refs_match_brief: Match a creative brief to the best references.
- refs_similar: Find visually similar sites to a given reference.
- refs_insights: Corpus-wide design patterns and trends.
- refs_get_tokens: Extracted design tokens (colours, type, spacing, radius).
- refs_get_screenshot: Captured screenshots of reference pages.
- refs_get_astro_recipe: Astro implementation guidance for a reference.
- refs_list_verticals: Browse the full collection by vertical.

## Install

Claude Code:
  claude mcp add palate --url https://mcp.palatemcp.com --header "Authorization: Bearer plt_live_..."

Cursor / Windsurf (mcp config JSON):
  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "palate": {
        "url": "https://mcp.palatemcp.com",
        "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer plt_live_..." }
      }
    }
  }

## Links

- Website: https://palatemcp.com
- App: https://app.palatemcp.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/jake-jiffi/palate-mcp
- MCP endpoint: https://mcp.palatemcp.com