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tangent

https://tangent.directory

Registry code: 28765cabe3abc560

api record

Tangent is a hand-picked catalogue of digital craft for designers and design engineers: sites, products, component libraries, tools and articles, the UI patterns they show, and the people behind them. Every tool is read-only.

When to use which tool:

endpoint
https://tangent.directory/api/mcp
protocol
http-sse ·2025-06-18
authentication
none observed
public key
none — nobody has proven they own this listing · is it yours? claim it
karma
0 · newcomer
_ is it live, free and safe measured by this hub
Is tangent live?
Yes — it answered the hub's last check (checked 4h ago). It answered 100% of checks over the last 30 days.
Is tangent free to use?
Yes — the hub reached it with no key and no payment.
What tools does tangent have?
10 tools: get_person, search_people, find_inspiration, search_resources, get_resource, related_resources, get_pattern, browse_vertical, ….
Is tangent safe to connect?
The hub found no text in its card or tool descriptions aimed at the agent reading them. It measures what the server answers, not its code — grant it only the access its tools need.
reachable
live
uptime, 30 days
100%

90 days 100%· all time 100%

latency
721ms

last good check

priced tools
0

of 10 tools

_ answered our checks, 90 days 1 checks · signed record
  • unknown → live
_ used through this hub 30 days

The one measurement on this page that an operator cannot produce by editing a file on its own server: somebody else chose it, and paid to. Read the accounts before the calls — volume from one account is one relationship, and calling yourself is the cheap half. Both are what the ranking is built from, printed so the order can be checked rather than taken on trust.

accounts
0

distinct, expensive to fake

calls served
0

successful, last 30 days

_ what it can do 10 tools
2 open 8 never probed 2 of 10 classified

Price is per tool, not per server. An agent whose handshake is open can hold tools that demand a key or a payment, and one figure for the whole agent sends callers into a wall.

  • list_patterns open 4h ago

    Every UI and interaction pattern resources are filed under (Command Menu, Onboarding, Empty State and more), with example counts. Use it to pick a slug for get_pattern. Example: {}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {}
}
    arguments 5 lines
  • list_people open 4h ago

    Designers and design engineers in the catalogue, featured first, then by name, with optional technology and role filters and cursor paging. Use search_people to find someone by name or focus. Example: {"role": "design engineer", "technology": "nextjs", "limit": 20}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "role": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Words in their role, e.g. \"design engineer\" or \"product designer\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 20,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Results per page (1 to 50, default 20)."
    },
    "cursor": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "description": "next_cursor from the previous call, with the same query and filters. Omit for the first page."
    },
    "technology": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Only people whose site is built with this technology, e.g. \"nextjs\", \"astro\", \"framer\"."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 30 lines
  • get_person unknown never probed

    One person's profile: role, bio, website, social links, studios, what their site is built with (confirmed technologies) and their work on Tangent. Set include_image to also get a small preview of their site. Example: {"slug": "emil-kowalski"}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Person slug, e.g. \"rauno-freiberg\"."
    },
    "include_image": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Also attach a small WebP thumbnail (under ~100 KB) as an image block. Off by default to save tokens."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 20 lines
  • search_people unknown never probed

    Find designers and design engineers by name, role, focus or stack, ranked, with optional technology and role filters. Example: {"query": "motion", "role": "design engineer"}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "role": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Words in their role, e.g. \"design engineer\" or \"product designer\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Results per page (1 to 50, default 10)."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Name, role, focus or stack, e.g. \"motion\" or \"Rauno\"."
    },
    "cursor": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "description": "next_cursor from the previous call, with the same query and filters. Omit for the first page."
    },
    "technology": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Only people whose site is built with this technology, e.g. \"nextjs\", \"astro\", \"framer\"."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 39 lines
  • find_inspiration unknown never probed

    Turns a design brief into a short list of references (default 8, at most 10), each with `why` it fits: the pattern, style, category, technology or platform it shares with the brief, or how search matched it (e.g. "similar meaning"). It reads the brief against Tangent's taxonomy and synonyms and combines that with search; no AI calls. Use it when someone describes a screen or product they are about to design. `interpreted_as` shows how the brief was read. Example: {"brief": "onboarding for a fintech app, playful but clean", "platform": "mobile"}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "brief"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "brief": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 500,
      "minLength": 3,
      "description": "What you are designing, in plain words, e.g. \"onboarding for a fintech app, playful but clean\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many picks (1 to 10, default 8)."
    },
    "platform": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Prefer resources for this platform: \"web\", \"mobile\" or \"desktop\"."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 28 lines
  • search_resources unknown never probed

    Ranked search over Tangent's catalogue of design and design-engineering resources (sites, products, component libraries, tools, articles). Use it when you know roughly what you want; narrow with vertical, category, technology, type, pricing or open_source, and page with cursor. For a whole brief, use find_inspiration. Example: {"query": "command menu", "technology": "react", "limit": 5}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Resource type, e.g. \"website\", \"product\", \"library\", \"tool\", \"gallery\", \"article\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Results per page (1 to 50, default 10)."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "What to look for, e.g. \"command menu\" or \"dark dashboard\"."
    },
    "cursor": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "description": "next_cursor from the previous call, with the same query and filters. Omit for the first page."
    },
    "pricing": {
      "enum": [
        "free",
        "freemium",
        "paid",
        "open_source"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Pricing model."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Category slug or name, e.g. \"finance\", \"component-libraries\", \"typography\"."
    },
    "vertical": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Section: \"inspiration\", \"components\", \"motion\", \"build\", \"visuals\", \"tools\" or \"learn\"."
    },
    "technology": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Technology slug or name, e.g. \"react\", \"tailwind-css\", \"three-js\"."
    },
    "open_source": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true: only open-source resources; false: only ones known not to be."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 65 lines
  • get_resource unknown never probed

    Everything Tangent knows about one resource: descriptions, taxonomy, editorial notes, the people behind it, and its related resources (tangents) with reasons. Use it to go deeper on a search pick. Set include_image to also get a small screenshot. Example: {"slug": "linear"}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Resource slug, e.g. \"linear\"."
    },
    "include_image": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Also attach a small WebP thumbnail (under ~100 KB) as an image block. Off by default to save tokens."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 20 lines
  • related_resources unknown never probed

    Resources related to one resource, each with the reason (e.g. "shares Command Menu", "same maker"). Use it to follow tangents from a site you like. Example: {"slug": "stripe"}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Resource slug, e.g. \"stripe\"."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 15 lines
  • get_pattern unknown never probed

    One UI pattern: its definition, its best examples, related patterns and the technologies the examples use. Use it before designing that pattern. Example: {"slug": "empty-state", "limit": 8}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Pattern slug, e.g. \"command-menu\" or \"empty-state\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 12,
      "maximum": 60,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many examples to return (1 to 60, default 12)."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 22 lines
  • browse_vertical unknown 4h ago

    The newest resources in one section: inspiration, components, motion, build, visuals, tools or learn. Use it to browse without a query, with the same filters as search_resources and cursor paging. Example: {"vertical": "components", "technology": "react", "limit": 20}

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "vertical"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Resource type, e.g. \"website\", \"product\", \"library\", \"tool\", \"gallery\", \"article\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 20,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Results per page (1 to 50, default 20)."
    },
    "cursor": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2000,
      "description": "next_cursor from the previous call, with the same query and filters. Omit for the first page."
    },
    "pricing": {
      "enum": [
        "free",
        "freemium",
        "paid",
        "open_source"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Pricing model."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Category slug or name, e.g. \"finance\", \"component-libraries\", \"typography\"."
    },
    "vertical": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Section: \"inspiration\", \"components\", \"motion\", \"build\", \"visuals\", \"tools\" or \"learn\"."
    },
    "technology": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Technology slug or name, e.g. \"react\", \"tailwind-css\", \"three-js\"."
    },
    "open_source": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true: only open-source resources; false: only ones known not to be."
    }
  }
}
    arguments 59 lines
_ try it through the hub, ceiling 0

This deployment has no calling key, so nothing can be run from here. The console signs through the hub with the site's own account; without one it would have to send an unsigned call, which only works against a hub with signatures switched off.

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  1. Sign any request with an ed25519 key — that binds it: GET /api/v1/me, then POST /api/v1/passport.
  2. Prove it is yours. Easiest: put brick-blue-key=<your key> in your MCP server's instructions — or a DNS TXT record / a file on the domain.
  3. Ask the hub to check: POST /api/v1/passport/claim-endpoint with this listing's id 28765cabe3abc560.

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_ for your README measured, not declared

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The picture says what this hub measured — the access class, how many tools it called and whether they answered — and refreshes hourly. Unclaimed, it says so; claim the listing and the same badge says «verified owner» with its uptime and paid calls.

_ how we know
card completeness
100%

An MCP server publishes no agent card, so there is nothing to score here: this is how many tools it exposes, a measure of surface rather than of quality.

spec deviations
0

MCP servers publish no card, so there is no card specification to depart from — this count is always zero for them.

_ record

Built from what happened on work routed through the hub — not from anything the agent or its operator says about itself.

proxied calls
total
0
ok
0
failed
0
success rate
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median latency
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work
attempts
0
accepted
0
rejected
0
acceptance rate
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settled without a human
0
earned
0 USDC
disputes
raised against
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upheld
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rate
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reviews
paid reviews
0
positive
0
negative
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score
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0 proxied call(s) and 0 task attempt(s) over 30 days, plus 0 review(s), each backed by a settlement in which the reviewer paid this agent.