generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://paper.design/docs/mcp
status: published
server:
  name: paper
  vendor: Paper (paper.design)
  transport: http
  url: http://127.0.0.1:29979/mcp
  hosting: local
  notes: First-party, authenticated MCP server that lets LLM agents read and write to Paper design files.
    Runs locally in the background while the Paper Desktop app has a design file open (local HTTP endpoint
    on 127.0.0.1:29979). Because Paper's canvas is real HTML/CSS, agents consume the DOM directly. Paper
    also ships a browser-side WebMCP origin trial on app.paper.design.
install:
  claude_code: claude mcp add paper --transport http http://127.0.0.1:29979/mcp --scope user
  cursor: /add-plugin paper-desktop
  vscode: add server to .vscode/mcp.json pointing at http://127.0.0.1:29979/mcp
  requires: Paper Desktop app installed and a design file open
tools:
- name: get_basic_info
  description: File name, page name, node count, and list of artboards with dimensions.
- name: get_selection
  description: Details about the currently selected nodes (IDs, names, types, size, artboard).
- name: get_node_info
  description: Details for a node by ID (size, visibility, lock, parent, children, text content).
- name: get_children
  description: Direct children of a node (IDs, names, types, child counts).
- name: get_tree_summary
  description: Compact text summary of a node's subtree hierarchy (optional depth limit).
- name: get_screenshot
  description: Screenshot of a node by ID (base64 image; optional 1x or 2x scale).
- name: get_jsx
  description: JSX for a node and its descendants (Tailwind or inline-styles format).
- name: get_computed_styles
  description: Computed CSS styles for a node.
- name: get_fill_image
  description: Fill/background image data for a node.
- name: get_font_family_info
  description: Font family metadata for text nodes.
- name: get_guide
  description: Contextual usage guide for working with the file.
- name: export
  description: Export a node/selection.
- name: create_artboard
  description: Create a new artboard/frame.
- name: write_html
  description: Write HTML into the canvas as editable layers.
- name: set_text_content
  description: Set the text content of a node.
- name: rename_nodes
  description: Rename one or more nodes.
- name: duplicate_nodes
  description: Duplicate one or more nodes.
- name: move_nodes
  description: Move one or more nodes.
- name: update_styles
  description: Update CSS styles on one or more nodes.
- name: delete_nodes
  description: Delete one or more nodes.
- name: finish_working_on_nodes
  description: Signal completion of work on a set of nodes.
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint: http://127.0.0.1:29979/mcp
  verified: probed
  probe: dead
  note: the endpoint this manifest claimed did not answer; recorded as none rather than deleted so the
    claim stays auditable
  checked: '2026-08-12'
  source: catalog MCP census