MCP. Tangent, inside your AI agent.

Teach your AI agent some taste

Your agent can already search the web. Tangent gives it something better: a hand-picked catalogue of good work, and the reason each site connects to the next.

Add Tangent to your agent

Free. No key, no account.

// ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in your project

{  "mcpServers": {    "tangent": {      "url": "https://tangent.directory/api/mcp"    }  }}

What your agent can do

Ten tools, all read-only. Your agent picks the right one for the job.

search_resources
Search the catalogue for whatever you’re after.
find_inspiration
Describe what you’re designing; get references and why each fits.
get_resource
Everything Tangent knows about one site.
related_resources
A site’s tangents, with the reason for each.
list_patterns
Every pattern Tangent files sites under.
get_pattern
The sites that show one pattern off best.
list_people
The design engineers in the catalogue.
search_people
Find someone by name, focus or stack.
get_person
One person’s profile, stack and work.
browse_vertical
One section at a time: Inspiration, Build and the rest.

Try asking

“Find three command menus worth studying and tell me what they have in common.”
“Follow the tangents from Stripe and explain why each one is related.”
“Show me the Empty State pattern with its best examples before I design ours.”
“Which design engineers are known for motion? Link their best work.”

Look, don’t touch
Published sites only, never drafts or your bookmarks
60 requests a minute, plenty for a curious agent