goldenratio.app

app.goldenratioPublished by goldenratio.appOfficial publisherv0.1.1Updated Nov 7, 2026

Golden-ratio design math: spacer calculator, spacing scale, grid widths, CSS vars, Tailwind setup.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Remote MCP server exposing goldenratio.app's golden-ratio design math: spacer calculator, spacing scale, grid widths, CSS variables and Tailwind plugin setup.

What you can do
  • Balance spacers on two sides and list combinations that make the shorter side match
  • Get the golden spacing scale with exact values, px, CSS variable names and Tailwind keys
  • Get golden grid width classes, starter container/row CSS, example rows and a check of your own row
  • Retrieve the :root golden-ratio CSS variables block as CSS, minified CSS or JSON
  • Get tailwindcss-golden-ratio install steps, config and generated theme values
  • Step any number up or down by the golden ratio
When to use it
Useful when building or tuning a layout, type scale or spacing system on the golden ratio, or when you want the exact values and Tailwind configuration that goldenratio.app uses without looking them up on the site.
Requirements
A remote Streamable HTTP endpoint; no account, API key or headers. Clients that only run stdio servers need a bridge such as mcp-remote, or a local build run with Node.js. The hosted endpoint is rate-limited to 120 requests a minute per IP.
Before you install
Read-only and needs no secrets, but the hosted endpoint is provided free and as-is with no uptime or accuracy guarantee and may change, be rate-limited or shut down without notice; it keeps client IPs in memory briefly for rate limiting and traffic is routed through its hosting provider. Outputs target Tailwind CSS 1.x, and some values reproduce site quirks (for example a px-suffixed ratio variable) and hand-rounded cheatsheet numbers.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open goldenratio.app in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/app.goldenratio%2Fmcp/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goldenratio-app": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.goldenratio.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

goldenratio-mcp

An MCP server for goldenratio.app. Agents can use the site's golden-ratio design tools: the Golden Calculator, the golden spacing scale, the golden grid, the CSS variables and the Tailwind plugin setup.

The math is the site's own code, unedited:

  • src/site/calc.js is a byte-for-byte copy of the site's src/utils/calc.js (the Golden Calculator).
  • src/site/tailwindcss-golden-ratio.cjs is a byte-for-byte copy of index.js from tailwindcss-golden-ratio 0.3.5, the plugin the site's tailwind.config.js loads for every spacing value, grid width and CSS variable. The server runs that file as-is and calls its theme functions the way Tailwind does.
  • src/site/grid-examples.json and src/site/spacing-cheatsheet.json are pulled out of the site's Grid.vue and Spacing.vue by the scripts in scripts/.

Every output was checked against the live site (see Verification).

The server is read-only. It needs no account and no secrets, stores nothing, and never calls goldenratio.app.

Remote endpoint: https://mcp.goldenratio.app/mcp (Streamable HTTP, stateless, no auth, 120 requests a minute per IP). The original address, https://goldenratio-mcp.fly.dev/mcp, still works and serves the same server. Use of the hosted endpoint is covered by Hosted service.

Install

Claude Code

sh
# remote (nothing to install)claude mcp add --transport http goldenratio-app https://mcp.goldenratio.app/mcp
# or local stdiogit clone https://github.com/truefrontier/goldenratio-mcp && cd goldenratio-mcp && npm install && npm run buildclaude mcp add goldenratio-app -- node "$PWD/dist/stdio.js"

Cursor / Grok Bot

Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or a project's .cursor/mcp.json):

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "goldenratio-app": { "url": "https://mcp.goldenratio.app/mcp" }  }}

For local stdio, use { "command": "node", "args": ["/absolute/path/to/goldenratio-mcp/dist/stdio.js"] }.

Grok Bot uses the same thing. Add a custom MCP connector with the URL https://mcp.goldenratio.app/mcp and no auth.

Any other MCP client

Add a remote (Streamable HTTP) server with the URL above. If the client only runs stdio servers, bridge it with npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.goldenratio.app/mcp, or run node dist/stdio.js from a local build.

Tools

ToolSite featureWhat it returns
golden_calculatorGolden CalculatorStack spacers 1-11 on a left and right side. Returns whether they're equal and every combination that makes the shorter side match ("Try"), plus what the site shows under each column. The site starts at left [6, 5, 6].
golden_spacingSpacing cheatsheetSpacers 1-11, half-1..11 and double-1..11 with exact values, px, CSS variable names and Tailwind keys, for any spacer_base / spacer_unit / prefix. With the defaults it also returns the site's rounded cheatsheet table.
golden_gridGolden Gridw-grp-*, w-grp-half-*, w-grp-double-* widths (optionally in px for a container), the starter .container / .row CSS, all 38 example rows from the page with their totals, and a check of your own row.
golden_css_variablesSite stylesheetThe :root block of --golden-ratio-* variables exactly as the site ships it (css, minified or json).
tailwind_plugin_setup"Get Started" on the home pageInstall command and tailwind.config.js for tailwindcss-golden-ratio, its options, and the exact theme values it generates (spacing, scale, fontSize extras, borderWidth, lineHeight).
golden_ratio_stepsHome page explainer / Alfred workflowStep any number up or down by 1.61803398875.

All tools are annotated readOnlyHint: true.

Not covered

  • The calculator's confetti, colors and button UI. The tool returns the same state the page shows.
  • The Alfred workflow download itself. golden_ratio_steps does the same math.
  • Anything outside the three tools pages (home page copy, header, footer).

Site quirks kept on purpose

  • --golden-ratio ships as 1.61803398875px. The plugin passes the ratio as a bare number and Tailwind 1 adds px to bare numbers. --gr is the unitless ratio. golden_css_variables reproduces this so its output matches the site byte for byte.
  • The Spacing page's table is rounded by hand (for example spacer 5 shows 14.828px, the exact value is 14.8328px). golden_spacing returns both: values are the exact numbers the site's CSS uses, and site_cheatsheet is the table as printed.
  • Column heights in golden_calculator are exact math rounded to 0.1px. The site measures rendered heights, which Chrome rounds to 1/64px, so the two can differ by 0.1px. The matches and the equal/not-equal result are identical.
  • The plugin targets Tailwind CSS 1.x, like the site (tailwindcss ^1.4).

Hosted service

The endpoint at https://mcp.goldenratio.app/mcp (also reachable at https://goldenratio-mcp.fly.dev/mcp) is provided free and as-is, with no guarantee of uptime or accuracy. It may change, be rate-limited, or shut down at any time without notice.

Acceptable use. Don't abuse or overload the service, don't try to get around the rate limit, and don't use it for anything illegal. We may block traffic that does.

Data. The server doesn't need an account, stores nothing you send, and doesn't write request or IP logs. To enforce the rate limit it keeps each client IP address in memory for about a minute, then drops it. The service is hosted on Fly.io, which routes the traffic and handles it under its own privacy policy. We don't sell any data.

License

MIT, Copyright (c) 2026 Brandname Maker LLC d/b/a True Frontier. Third-party notices are in THIRD_PARTY.md.

The goldenratio.app and True Frontier names and logos aren't covered by this license.

Develop

sh
npm installnpm run build        # tsc, then copies src/site into dist/site unchangednpm test             # calls every tool through a real MCP client over stdionode scripts/smoke.mjs https://mcp.goldenratio.app/mcp   # same, against the remotenpm run start:http   # local Streamable HTTP on :8080/mcpnpm run extract      # regenerate the JSON data from a ../goldenratio-app checkout

Deploy: fly deploy (app goldenratio-mcp, see fly.toml).

Verification

Checked with headless Chrome against the live site on Oct 26, 2026. All 152 checks were exact matches:

  • The :root block from golden_css_variables (min) is identical to the one in the site's live stylesheet.
  • All 33 w-grp-* widths match the live CSS. All 33 --golden-ratio-* values match, and each .h-N utility points at the matching variable.
  • Both Spacing page tables match site_cheatsheet cell for cell.
  • The 38 example rows on the Grid page match site_examples (row and column classes).
  • 49 calculator states were checked: the site's starting state, 8 hand-picked cases and 40 random ones, each set by clicking the site's buttons. Equal/not-equal, the "Try"/"Using" heading and every listed combination matched on both sides. Heights were within 0.1px.

Source: README.md at commit 519d7c3

Tools

6

golden_calculator

Golden Calculator

The goldenratio.app Golden Calculator. Stack spacers numbered 1-11 (each is the previous x 1.618) on a left and a right side; returns whether both sides are equal and, if not, every combination of spacers that would make the shorter side match ("Try" on the site). The site starts with left = [6, 5, 6], right = [].

Parametersleftright

golden_spacing

Golden spacing scale

The golden spacing scale (spacers 1-11 plus half-N and double-N) with exact values, px and CSS variable names, as used by goldenratio.app and the tailwindcss-golden-ratio plugin. With default options it also returns the rounded cheatsheet table from goldenratio.app/#/spacing.

Parametersprefixspacer_basespacer_unitroot_font_px

golden_grid

Golden grid

The golden grid from goldenratio.app/#/grid: w-grp-1..11, w-grp-half-*, w-grp-double-* percentage widths, the starter .container/.row CSS, every example row from the site with its total width, and an optional check of your own row (does it add up to exactly 100%?).

Parametersrowcontainer_pxinclude_examples

golden_css_variables

Golden CSS variables

The :root block of golden-ratio CSS variables (--golden-ratio-1..11, half-*, double-*, --gr) exactly as goldenratio.app ships it. Use without Tailwind.

Parametersformatspacer_basespacer_unit

tailwind_plugin_setup

tailwindcss-golden-ratio setup

How to add the tailwindcss-golden-ratio plugin (the one goldenratio.app uses): install command, tailwind.config.js, options, and the exact theme values it generates (spacing, grp widths, scale, fontSize extras, borderWidth/lineHeight) for the given options.

Parametersprefixspacer_basespacer_unituse_css_vars

golden_ratio_steps

Golden ratio steps

Step any number up or down the golden ratio (x or / 1.61803398875), e.g. to pick a type scale or the next size. What the goldenratio.app Alfred workflow does.

Parametersunitvaluerequiredsteps_upsteps_down

Version history

1
  1. v0.1.1LatestNov 7, 2026

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