Paper design: MCP and Desktop – A native HTML/CSS design canvas for agent-assisted workflows

Summary: Paper design is a design canvas built directly on HTML and CSS, enabling AI coding agents like Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex to read and write designs natively. It eliminates the traditional translation layer between design tools and production code, keeping designs and codebases in sync with real data integration.

What it does

Paper replaces proprietary design formats with a web standards-based canvas that supports pushing and pulling design tokens, components, and styles directly from codebases. It allows agents to handle boilerplate tasks while designers focus on critical decisions, using real data instead of placeholders.

Who it's for

It is intended for teams using AI coding agents daily who need a seamless connection between their IDE and design tools to streamline the design-to-code handoff.

Why it matters

Paper solves the problem of design drift by removing the need for format translation and static mockups, enabling continuous synchronization between design and production with agent-native workflows.