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    },
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     "name": "search_resources",
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    },
    {
     "name": "browse_vertical",
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    },
    {
     "name": "get_resource",
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    },
    {
     "name": "related_resources",
     "description": "Resources related to one resource, each with the reason (e.g. \"shares Command Menu\", \"same maker\"). Use it to follow tangents from a site you like. Example…"
    },
    {
     "name": "list_patterns",
     "description": "Every UI and interaction pattern resources are filed under (Command Menu, Onboarding, Empty State and more), with example counts. Use it to pick a slug for…"
    },
    {
     "name": "get_pattern",
     "description": "One UI pattern: its definition, its best examples, related patterns and the technologies the examples use. Use it before designing that pattern. Example…"
    },
    {
     "name": "search_people",
     "description": "Find designers and design engineers by name, role, focus or stack, ranked, with optional technology and role filters. Example: {\"query\": \"motion\", \"role\"…"
    },
    {
     "name": "list_people",
     "description": "Designers and design engineers in the catalogue, featured first, then by name, with optional technology and role filters and cursor paging. Use search_people…"
    },
    {
     "name": "get_person",
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    }
   ]
  },
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   "answers": true,
   "checked": "2026-10-27T05:55:36.649Z",
   "http": 405,
   "how": "MCP server — connect an MCP client to this address.",
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