Intelligent Tools
Close the gaps between AI output & your actual standards
Introduction
AI tools are only as good as the context they’re given. Knapsack’s Intelligent Tools connect your AI assistant directly to your workspace — giving it live access to your design tokens, components, and documentation, so every output reflects your actual standards, not a generic approximation.
Knapsack’s MCP
The Knapsack MCP enables you to integrate your Knapsack workspace with Model Context Protocol–compatible tools such as Claude, giving AI direct access to your design system content and metadata. This allows more intelligent context-aware interactions, like asking your AI assistant to reference design tokens, components, or documentation stored in Knapsack.
The Knapsack MCP allows you to connect your Knapsack workspace to the tools and models your teams already use — whether that’s Claude, Copilot, or another MCP-compatible platform. Knapsack follows a bring-your-own-model approach, empowering you to use your preferred LLMs, agents, and AI tools without being locked into a single provider.
Knapsack MCP is compatible with any AI tool or assistant that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
What is MCP (Model Context Protocol)?
MCP is an open standard that defines how AI tools communicate with external data sources and systems. With MCP, Knapsack can act as a data provider—allowing models to securely fetch and reference workspace content without manual copy-pasting or exported files.
Think of MCP as a bridge between Knapsack and your AI assistant. Once connected, your assistant can “see” your design system data—like components, tokens, and docs—and respond with that context included.
Knapsack MCP exposes a secure MCP server endpoint per workspace. The endpoint conforms to the Model Context Protocol specification, enabling compliant clients (such as Claude Desktop) to register a Knapsack workspace as a source. Each MCP server instance is identified by a workspace-specific endpoint, typically:
https://mcp.knapsack.cloud/mcp/<workspace-id>
The client authenticates and maintains a session via this endpoint to retrieve context-aware resources.
Unlock the power of Data Sources
For teams who want more, Intelligent Tools allows you to create a contextual data layer to empower MCP workflows. In this release, you can connect three source types: Storybook, for live component implementation; your Knapsack workspace, for tokens, documentation, and patterns; and Markdown files, for any additional guidelines or reference content. Together, these give your AI a complete, grounded view of your design system.
Contact your sales partner to discuss unlocking data sources.
Data Sources Available
Data Sources takes your MCP connection further. By linking external content — like your product codebase, brand guidelines, or Figma libraries — you give Knapsack a richer view of how your design system is actually built and used. The result: AI that can surface inconsistencies, flag drift, and generate outputs that stay true to your design standards at every layer.