tda

v0.6.4

UX and visual judgment for agent-built UI: a build brief before you build, a scored review after.

Claude CodeAgent Plugins5 Skills1 MCP serverstdio

By TheDesignAgentLicense: MIT0 GitHub starsUpdated 2 weeks ago

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Runtimes: Claude Code and Agent Plugins
Parsed components: 6 skill or MCP entries
Source updated: Oct 4, 2026
Manifest status: Canonical path parsed

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Install tda for Claude Code

Installs for the current user

claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install tda@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually

$ git clone https://github.com/CMBurnett/the-design-agent-plugin

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The repository root is the plugin root.

Plugin files

tda/

├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── plugin.json
├── skills/brief/SKILL.md
├── skills/design-loop/SKILL.md
├── skills/design-md/SKILL.md
├── skills/review/SKILL.md
├── skills/setup/SKILL.md
└── .mcp.json

Included Skills5

briefskills/brief/SKILL.md

Get a TheDesignAgent build brief for a screen before building it.

design-loopskills/design-loop/SKILL.md

Use when building, changing or reviewing a UI screen, page or component. Gets a TheDesignAgent build brief before building (Discover), scores the result after (Ux, Visual) and fixes what the review finds.

design-mdskills/design-md/SKILL.md

Use when creating or updating a project's DESIGN.md, the design system file TheDesignAgent and coding agents read for brand tokens and the reasoning behind them.

reviewskills/review/SKILL.md

Score a UI with TheDesignAgent's ux and visual reviews and list what to fix.

setupskills/setup/SKILL.md

Set up a repo for TheDesignAgent - register the project and create DESIGN.md if it's missing. Use before the first TheDesignAgent brief, build or review in a repo with no .thedesignagent file.

MCP servers1

the_design_agentstdio

command: npx
args: -y --package=@thedesignagent/[email protected] thedesignagent-mcp
env.THEDESIGNAGENT_API_KEY: ${user_config.api_key}
env.THEDESIGNAGENT_CHANNEL: plugin

Plugin manifests2

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "tda",
  "displayName": "TheDesignAgent",
  "version": "0.6.4",
  "description": "UX and visual judgment for agent-built UI: a build brief before you build, a scored review after.",
  "author": {
    "name": "TheDesignAgent",
    "url": "https://www.thedesignagent.ai"
  },
  "homepage": "https://www.thedesignagent.ai",
  "repository": "https://github.com/CMBurnett/the-design-agent-plugin",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "design-agent",
    "design",
    "ux",
    "ui-review",
    "design-system",
    "mcp",
    "claude-code",
    "codex",
    "cursor"
  ],
  "userConfig": {
    "api_key": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "TheDesignAgent API key",
      "description": "Your tda_ key from https://www.thedesignagent.ai/dashboard/api-keys",
      "required": true,
      "sensitive": true
    }
  }
}

plugin.json

{
  "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json",
  "name": "tda",
  "version": "0.6.4",
  "description": "UX and visual judgment for agent-built UI: a build brief before you build, a scored review after.",
  "author": {
    "name": "TheDesignAgent",
    "url": "https://www.thedesignagent.ai"
  },
  "homepage": "https://www.thedesignagent.ai",
  "repository": "https://github.com/CMBurnett/the-design-agent-plugin",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "design-agent",
    "design",
    "ux",
    "ui-review",
    "design-system",
    "mcp",
    "claude-code",
    "codex",
    "cursor"
  ],
  "extensions": {
    "com.openai": {
      "interface": {
        "displayName": "TheDesignAgent",
        "shortDescription": "A build brief before you build a screen, a scored UX and visual review after.",
        "longDescription": "TheDesignAgent gives your coding agent design judgment. Before it builds a screen, it gets a brief calibrated to your product, your users' jobs and your design system. After, it gets a 0-10 UX and visual score from a real screenshot, with findings to fix. Project context is stored, so every review sharpens the next brief.",
        "developerName": "TheDesignAgent",
        "category": "Design",
        "websiteURL": "https://www.thedesignagent.ai",
        "logo": "./assets/logo.png",
        "composerIcon": "./assets/logo.png"
      }
    }
  }
}

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