Identity Forge
Overview
Description from the maker (original English)
Design kits, brand naming, and domain research for coding agents.
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- User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
- Our basic checksi2 of 2 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
- UsageiVery new↓ 86/wk · ★ 0
What you can do with it
We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.
- Connection: Runs on your computer
- Transport: stdio
- Category: Developer tools
- You need to fill in: IDENTITYFORGE_API_KEY
Install
Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.
Before you install
- Basic checks: 2 of 2 passed
- Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
- You fill in yourself:
IDENTITYFORGE_API_KEY
Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.
You need
Which app do you use?
Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.
Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"identityforge": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"identityforge",
"mcp"
],
"env": {
"IDENTITYFORGE_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Run this in your terminal
claude mcp add identityforge --env IDENTITYFORGE_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y identityforge mcpFill in the empty values before running it.
Or copy the settings yourself
Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"identityforge": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"identityforge",
"mcp"
],
"env": {
"IDENTITYFORGE_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
Or copy the settings yourself
Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project
{
"servers": {
"identityforge": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"identityforge",
"mcp"
],
"env": {
"IDENTITYFORGE_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.
Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.
Values you fill in
- Identity Forge API key (ifk_…). Optional for browsing free kits; required for Pro kits, naming boards, and writes. Run `npx --yes identityforge@latest login`; for a new email-password account, comple…
These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.
Which apps can use it
Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.
Run on your computer in
ClaudeGooseLM StudioMsty StudioCherry StudioCursorVS Code + GitHub CopilotVisual StudioWindsurf (Devin Desktop)ZedKiroClineContinueJetBrains AI AssistantClaude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCodenodecodeWarpLibreChatRaycast
Related guides
What it can do
Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.
Basic checksi
We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 11, 2026
- ✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified against the domain identityforge.io (the registry checks domain ownership)
- ✓ Pass
Still maintained
Code last changed 3 months ago
- … Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
- – Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
- – Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
- … Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints
User reviews
No reviews yet
Compared with others in Developer toolsi
- More stars than 0% of the other 5741 servers in this category
- Published to the registry more recently than 29% of the other 5741 servers in this category
- Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5741 servers in this category
Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.
Common questions
Is Identity Forge safe?
It passed 2 of 2 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.
What keys or codes does it need?
You need to fill in: IDENTITYFORGE_API_KEY
Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?
It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).
Is it still maintained?
The GitHub repo last changed 3 months ago, and the latest version (0.4.6) reached the registry 3 months ago.
Which apps can use it?
Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.
What can I use instead?
In the same category: REA, Netdata, Front-End Checklist
Alternatives
Servers in the same category from other makers, sorted by stars.
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Identity Forge MCP
Design systems, brand naming, and domain research for coding agents.
For people · For agents · MCP tools · CLI reference · Docs
Free to use. 69 of 79 design kits are free, with all 6 export formats, the CLI, the MCP server, and the API. No account required. Pro unlocks 10 additional kits, 1,000 AI generations/month, and advanced features.
For people
Identity Forge gives a coding agent a complete visual system before it starts building. Choose a design kit yourself, or let the agent rank the catalog against your product and the mood you want. Each kit includes typography, semantic color tokens, layout, motifs, dos and don'ts, and a DESIGN.md the agent can build from.
The agent can export the kit as CSS, Tailwind v3 or v4, shadcn registry data, DTCG tokens, or JSON, then apply it with conflict protection. Brand naming, domain research, and shareable client projects live in the same workflow.
Public Free kits work without an account. Browse the design kits or read how the agent flow works before installing anything.
Watch it work
The three-minute lifecycle film follows a design system from the first choice through product imagery, an ecommerce rebuild, a later brand update, an older-site rebuild, and team review. The Aubade storefront and Shiftly rebuild are complete one-shot agent builds from real Identity Forge design systems. The Commonkeep review uses synthetic showcase data in the real review experience.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fc3cdba2-4876-46e5-a92a-09ce6d7071ff
Download the full-resolution 1080p WebM.
For agents
Install the local MCP server into the client you use:
npx --yes identityforge@latest install --client claude-code # Claude Code
npx --yes identityforge@latest install --client cursor # Cursor npx --yes identityforge@latest install --client vscode # VS Code / Copilot npx --yes identityforge@latest install --client codex # Codex
Also supported: gemini, opencode, pi. Every client runs the same local stdio server, and install merges into your existing config rather than replacing it. Config paths for all seven are in Install into an agent.
Public Free kits work immediately, without a key. Tell your agent:
Use Identity Forge to pick a theme that fits this product, apply it, and follow the DESIGN.md.
Sign in for persistent projects, saved work, authenticated quota, or Pro access:
npx --yes identityforge@latest login
No account yet? In the browser, sign up, complete the security check, select Send verification email, and open its link. Then select Confirm email and continue, approve the resumed authorization, and the CLI receives the key automatically.
Use-case discovery
Every use-case lane has two checks. First, the kit's authored audience or bestFor must name that kind of product. Then concrete token measurements such as text contrast, chart-series distinctness, and information density rank the eligible kits. Visual tags help search but do not establish product fit. A high technical score cannot put an unrelated kit into a lane. The per-lane prose justification is switched off catalogue-wide pending re-enrichment, so a score arrives without a sentence explaining it.
list_themes({ use: "data-dashboard" })returns kits authored for dashboards, ordered by their measured dashboard fit.list_themes({ q: "calm fintech dashboard" })runs a synonym-aware ranked search across moods, industries, and use cases.search_themesreturns the whole catalog unranked so the agent can weigh a subtle brief itself.
Use the lane to shortlist and the order to compare. Do not turn the score into an explanation: it ranks technical fit after authored intent, but does not say why the kit suits a particular brief.
For the data lanes there is a better answer than the score. Every kit summary carries a charts block measured on the mode the kit ships in: minDeltaE and cvdMinDeltaE (the closest pair of series colors, plain and under colorblind simulation), distinct, hueFamilies, severityHeadroom (how close any series comes to the destructive, warning and success roles — 0 means a category color IS a status color), sequentialReady, and designed, which is false when the kit defines no chart slots and the five were cycled from its brand roles. Those are measurements, so unlike the fitness score they can be stated to a user as the reason for a recommendation.
Use-case lanes: data-dashboard, admin-internal-tool, saas-marketing, landing-page, ecommerce-store, portfolio, editorial-blog, docs-knowledge-base, mobile-app, business-services, community-social, ai-agent-chat.
The same discovery runs the kit gallery and the HTTP API (GET /api/v1/kits?use=…&q=…, see llms.txt).
Install into an agent
install --client writes the MCP server config for that agent, merging into any existing config:
| Client | --client | Config file |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | claude-code | .mcp.json |
| Cursor | cursor | .cursor/mcp.json |
| Codex | codex | ~/.codex/config.toml |
| Gemini CLI | gemini | .gemini/settings.json |
| VS Code / Copilot | vscode | .vscode/mcp.json |
| opencode | opencode | opencode.json |
| Pi | pi | .pi/agent/mcp.json |
All of them run the same local stdio server via npx -y identityforge@latest mcp. After installation, identityforge doctor --client checks that the client points at the rolling package and initializes the package's MCP server without calling the Identity Forge API or spending quota.
Install the agent plugin and skill
The repository also bundles the MCP server with an Agent Skill that tells the agent when to use Identity Forge, how free and authenticated access differ, and how to guide a human through Send verification email before the pending browser authorization resumes.
Claude Code:
claude plugin marketplace add KasayoDotCom/identityforge-mcp
claude plugin install identity-forge@identity-forge
GitHub Copilot CLI:
copilot plugin marketplace add KasayoDotCom/identityforge-mcp
copilot plugin install identity-forge@identity-forge
Codex and other Agent Skills-compatible clients:
npx skills add KasayoDotCom/identityforge-mcp
Cursor metadata is included for directory distribution. Until it is listed there, use the install --client cursor command above to connect the same MCP server.
MCP tools
Once connected, your agent gets 63 tools. Browsing free kits needs no key; scopes are noted where they apply.
Find a design kit
list_themes: browse the catalog as compact summaries. Rank by use-case lane withuse, run ranked search withq, page withoffset, sort byfeatured,popular,recent,name, orfit.search_themes: return the whole catalog unranked, for briefs too subtle to rank against a lane.similar_themes: given a kit slug, find neighbours by palette, tags, and audience.match_palette: given existing brand colors, rank kits by perceptual color distance.
Choose typography outside a kit
A kit already names its heading, body, and mono faces. These two answer the cases where it does not.
search_fonts: browse the Google Fonts catalog by name or category, or passlikewith a family you already have to find faces that resemble it. Metadata only, andlikereads no letterform, so confirm the look before promising it.suggest_font_pairings: the curated heading/body/mono table, or what goes beside one family the user is committed to.
Read and apply one
get_design_md: fetch a kit's DESIGN.md, the full design brief.get_tokens: fetch tokens asdtcg,css,tailwind-v3,tailwind-v4,shadcn-registry, orjson.apply_theme: write DESIGN.md, a tokens file, and anidentityforge.jsonstamp into the project. It refuses rather than overwriting a file it did not write, see below.
What apply writes, and what it will not overwrite
apply_theme (and identityforge apply) writes three files into the target directory:
Identity Forge requests carry one random reference that lasts only for the current CLI or MCP process. A local apply reports one bounded result: files written, artifacts already current, a safe conflict refusal, or the stage where it failed. The report contains counts and classifications, never local paths or error prose. Running as an MCP server, requests also carry the client name your editor or agent already sends in the MCP handshake (claude-code, cursor-vscode, codex), so usage can be attributed to a product rather than to nothing. None of this includes paths, filenames, prompts, file contents, repository names, exception text, or a persistent installation identifier. Set IDENTITYFORGE_TELEMETRY=0 to omit the process reference and local outcome reports; ordinary API requests still appear in server access logs.
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
DESIGN.md | the design brief the agent builds from |
.css / .json / .js | the tokens, named for the format you asked for |
identityforge.json | the stamp: which kit was applied, at which version, and a SHA-256 of every file written |
The stamp belongs to your repository, not to the kit. It records what this codebase was built against, which is a fact the server cannot know, so commit it. It is also what makes applying safe: before writing anything, apply compares what is on disk against the hashes in the stamp.
- A file that does not exist gets created.
- A file whose content already matches the kit is left alone.
- A file the last apply wrote, still byte-identical, is updated when the kit has moved.
- A file that is not recorded in the stamp, for example a
DESIGN.mdyou wrote yourself, or one that changed since it was written, is a conflict.
On a conflict the default is to write nothing at all, name every conflicting file, and exit non-zero. Nothing is written until every file is planned, so a failed fetch cannot leave the directory half applied.
identityforge apply acid-signal-black --preview # plan only, writes nothing
identityforge apply acid-signal-black # refuses if anything conflicts identityforge apply acid-signal-black --force # overwrites, content is lost
--force is destructive and unrecoverable: the current content of the conflicting files is gone, and the report names each one. Preview first, show the person what would change, and let them decide.
What the stamp records, and how a later apply reads it
{
"stampVersion": 1, // shape of this file, so a reader never has to guess "designMdContract"