Design Advisor MCP

Add Achmad Alimin as your personal AI design advisor in Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf.

Instead of generic design advice from your AI, get critique, UX audits, and design recommendations shaped by 10+ years of real product design experience — delivered through the Model Context Protocol.

Requirements

• A license key from achmadalimin.com/mcp
• Node.js 18+
• Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf

Setup

Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "achmad-design-advisor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@merahburam/design-advisor-mcp", "--key", "YOUR_LICENSE_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop.

Cursor

Edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "achmad-design-advisor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@merahburam/design-advisor-mcp", "--key", "YOUR_LICENSE_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Reload Cursor (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P → Reload Window).

Windsurf

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "achmad-design-advisor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@merahburam/design-advisor-mcp", "--key", "YOUR_LICENSE_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Refresh MCP servers in the Cascade panel.

Tools

| Tool | Description | | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | get_design_principles | Achmad's core design philosophy and approach | | review_design | Design critique from a senior product designer's POV | | audit_ux_heuristics | Structured UX audit against a real evaluation framework | | suggest_component | UI patterns and component recommendations | | check_hierarchy | Visual hierarchy and layout feedback | | recommend_plugin | Curated Figma plugin picks for your workflow |

Get a License Key

Purchase at achmadalimin.com/mcp. One-time payment, lifetime access.

Support

[email protected]

License

MIT