AI tools

Manicat UI is built to be used from AI coding tools. Every item is plain source in a shadcn registry, every page has a Markdown version, and the whole library is indexed for assistants.

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An assistant can read the registry index directly, which is enough to resolve dependencies and install an item with the shadcn CLI:

https://manicat.dev/r/registry.json

An individual item, including the full source of every file it needs:

https://manicat.dev/r/button.json

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Every item page has a Markdown version next to it, at /components/<id>/markdown for a component and /components/blocks/<id>/markdown for a block. The library index for assistants is at /llms.txt, and the whole library in one file at /llms-full.txt.

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The MCP server at https://manicat.dev/api/mcp speaks Streamable HTTP and needs no key for free items. Point an assistant at it to search the library, read docs and fetch source.

claude mcp add --transport http manicat https://manicat.dev/api/mcp

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Give your assistant the registry URL rather than screenshots, and ask for the behaviour, not the pixels:

Use @manicat. Read https://manicat.dev/r/registry.json to resolve dependencies, install items with the shadcn
CLI, and keep the design tokens from manicat-foundation. Match the existing page: same radius scale, same text
scale, no focus rings.

That is enough for an assistant to install a component, keep it consistent with what is already on the page, and stay inside the token system.