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Hand-picked design references, UI patterns and the people behind them, each with why it fits.
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The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
find_inspiration — Turns a design brief into a short list of references (default 8, at most 10), each with `why` it fits: the pattern, style, category, technolsearch_resources — Ranked search over Tangent's catalogue of design and design-engineering resources (sites, products, component libraries, tools, articles). Ubrowse_vertical — The newest resources in one section: inspiration, components, motion, build, visuals, tools or learn. Use it to browse without a query, withget_resource — Everything Tangent knows about one resource: descriptions, taxonomy, editorial notes, the people behind it, and its related resources (tangerelated_resources — Resources related to one resource, each with the reason (e.g. "shares Command Menu", "same maker"). Use it to follow tangents from a site yolist_patterns — Every UI and interaction pattern resources are filed under (Command Menu, Onboarding, Empty State and more), with example counts. Use it to get_pattern — One UI pattern: its definition, its best examples, related patterns and the technologies the examples use. Use it before designing that pattsearch_people — Find designers and design engineers by name, role, focus or stack, ranked, with optional technology and role filters. Example: {"query": "molist_people — Designers and design engineers in the catalogue, featured first, then by name, with optional technology and role filters and cursor paging. get_person — One person's profile: role, bio, website, social links, studios, what their site is built with (confirmed technologies) and their work on TaNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.