MCP setup · Zed Industries
CSS Crème in Zed
One command connects Zed to 12 tools that search real design systems, pull a DESIGN.md with measured contrast, and decode any public site into tokens. Free, no account, no API key.
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Run one command
npx -y add-mcp https://csscreme.com/mcp -a zed -n csscreme- This project only
.zed/settings.json- Every project (add -g)
~/Library/Application Support/Zed/settings.json
For every project on this machine:
npx -y add-mcp https://csscreme.com/mcp -a zed -n csscreme -gZed keeps MCP servers inside its main settings file rather than a file of their own, so the installer edits a file you already have. Check the diff.
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About writing it by hand
Zed spells a remote server in its own way, and we have not verified that shape line by line, so this page does not print one. A config block that is nearly right is the thing that makes people give up. Run the command above and read what it wrote to
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Confirm it connected
Open the Agent panel settings.
csscremeshould be listed under context servers.Then try it. Ask Zed: “Use csscreme to find a calm fintech dashboard theme, then pull its DESIGN.md.” It should call
search_themes, thenget_design_md.
What Zed can now do
search_themesFirst call when the user has no design system yet.list_themesWhen the user wants options rather than one answer.get_design_mdBefore writing any UI. Save it at the repo root.get_theme_tokensAfter the components are written and the tokens need to land.how_to_useOnce per project, for the wiring.get_install_commandWhen the user says "install it" and the id is known.get_agent_rulesOnce, so the rules apply every session instead of one message.decode_urlWhen the user says "match the design of <site>", or has fetched a page as markdown and needs what that markdown lost.css_featureBefore writing CSS that uses anything newer than flexbox, so the code is right for today and not for the model's training date.get_design_md_for_urlWhen the user says "match <site>" and you are about to write UI. Save it at the repo root.decode_siteWhen the question is whether a site is really on a design system, rather than what one page happens to use.verify_design_mdAt the start of a session when a DESIGN.md is already present.
The full MCP page, with a live try-it panel, the
limits and the changelog.
Endpoint: https://csscreme.com/mcp