Tools

Packinspo MCP gives your agent two research layers:

1. Pack styles: a brand's packaging system, ready to export as PACK.md, tokens or CSS.
2. Packaging references: one curated pack per brand, each with a full study and credited photos.

For visual direction, start with styles. For concrete decisions about format, closure or label layout, read references. All tools are read-only.

list_taxonomy

Lists the industries, categories, pack formats and confirmed materials used as filters. Call it first when unsure which keys exist.

Parameters: none.

search_styles

Searches the pack styles by look, brand, category or format.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	no	Words describing the look or brand. Max 200 characters.
industry	enum	no	Industry key from list_taxonomy, such as beauty or food.
category	enum	no	Category key, such as skincare, perfume or soft-drinks.
format	enum	no	Pack format key, such as bottle, jar, tube, pump or can.
limit	number	no	1 to 25. Default 10.

Good queries

• apothecary amber glass
• bold playful snack
• Aesop
• minimal monochrome fragrance

Each result gives the style slug, mood, category, formats, tags, the first palette colours and the Packinspo page URL.

get_style

Returns one pack style in the format you ask for.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
slug	string	yes	Style slug from search_styles, which is the brand slug, such as aesop.
format	enum	no	pack_md (extended, default), pack_md_compact, tokens (DTCG JSON), css (CSS variables) or tailwind (Tailwind v4 theme).

Use pack_md_compact inside a prompt and pack_md when you need the full system. Typefaces are lookalikes unless sourced; colours are sampled from photographs.

search_packs

Searches the curated references.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	no	Words about the product or design. Max 200 characters.
industry	enum	no	Industry key.
category	enum	no	Category key.
format	enum	no	Pack format key.
material	enum	no	Confirmed material key: glass, plastic or aluminium.
colour	string	no	Colour family, such as Green, Black, Pink or Beige.
limit	number	no	1 to 25. Default 10.

Good queries

• hot sauce bold type
• refillable
• olive oil
• Graza

Each result gives the pack slug, a one-paragraph summary, category, format, material (marked unverified when not confirmed), style tags, the cover image URL and the page URL.

get_pack

Returns the full study of one reference.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
slug	string	yes	Pack slug from search_packs.

The study covers product context, construction and use, design analysis, takeaways, sources, up to six photo URLs and the photography credit.

Errors

Unknown slugs return a short message telling the agent which search tool to use. Invalid filter keys return a validation error listing the accepted values.