MCP server · free · read-only

Give your AI packaging taste

Connect Packinspo to Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT and your agent can look at 257 real packaging references and 290 researched pack styles before it designs, instead of guessing.

https://packinspo.com/mcp

Plugin, research skill and setup files are open source on GitHub. Every tool and parameter is described in the docs.

Set up

Claude Code (plugin: MCP + research skill)
Inside Claude Code, add the marketplace and install the plugin:
```
/plugin marketplace add packinspo/packinspo-skill
/plugin install packinspo@packinspo
```

Claude Code (MCP only)

Run in your terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http packinspo https://packinspo.com/mcp

Claude (web and desktop)
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste the URL:
```
https://packinspo.com/mcp
```

Codex

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.packinspo]
url = "https://packinspo.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

Install the extension:

gemini extensions install https://github.com/packinspo/packinspo-skill

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "packinspo": {
      "url": "https://packinspo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "packinspo": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://packinspo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT
In developer mode, add a connector with this URL (available on plans that allow custom connectors):
```
https://packinspo.com/mcp
```
Other MCP clients
Any client that supports Streamable HTTP connects to the URL directly. For stdio-only clients:
```
npx -y mcp-remote https://packinspo.com/mcp
```

Tools

search_styles: Find pack styles by look, brand, category or format.
get_style: Get a style as PACK.md, design tokens, CSS variables or a Tailwind theme.
search_packs: Search curated references by category, format, material or colour.
get_pack: Read a reference's full study, sources and photo URLs.
list_taxonomy: List the categories, formats and materials used as filters.

Try asking

Use Packinspo to find three bold snack pack styles, then write a PACK.md brief for my granola brand.
Find skincare references in amber glass on Packinspo and compare their label hierarchies.
Get the Graza pack style as CSS variables and build a product page in that style.

Free, no account needed, read-only, with a fair-use limit per connection. Typefaces in styles are lookalikes unless sourced and colours are sampled from photographs. Images belong to their owners: agents should use them as references and cite the Packinspo page, never reuse them as finished artwork.

Give your AI packaging taste

Set up

Claude Code (plugin: MCP + research skill)