Marvin Kaunda
Founder
Better Design exists because AI coding agents could ship working software that still lacked a designer's finish. Marvin Kaunda builds it to give the agent you already use that finish.
GitHubBetter Design gives your agent real design skills
Better Design is a design layer for teams that build with AI coding agents: design systems, rules and review checks.
- Your request
- Better Design's rules
- A designed screen
What Better Design does
5 parts with one job: the screens your agent builds look designed.
Design systems
Pick one from the catalog or create one from your brand. The components install as editable source in your repository.
UI and UX guidance
Before it writes code, the agent loads the principle that fits the task, such as spacing, forms or navigation.
Review checks
After it builds, the agent checks accessibility, visual design, copy and spacing, and fixes what it finds.
Your own brand
On Pro, your brand guidelines stay private and apply to every build, so each screen looks like your team made it.
GitHub pull request reviews
On Pro, Better Design reviews the interface changes in each pull request, before they reach users.
- Browse the design systems
What makes Better Design different
3 differences from named products, and 2 that stand alone.
Difference
Better Design
The alternative
It adds design to the agent you already use
Better Design
Runs as an MCP server in Cursor, VS Code and Claude Code, or inside Lovable, Bolt and v0. It writes no app.
The alternative
Lovable, Bolt and v0 generate the whole app from prompts.
It leaves hosting to you
Better Design
Does not host your app. It ships through your own deployment.
The alternative
Lovable and Bolt publish the apps they build on their own platforms.
The output is source code in your repository
Better Design
Components install with the shadcn CLI as files you can edit.
The alternative
A Webflow or Framer site is managed inside that company's visual canvas.
You can start for free
The Developer plan needs no card. Pro costs $24 a month and starts with a 14-day free trial.
The MCP package is open source
The better-design package on npm is published under the MIT license, so you can read the code your agent runs.
Read the full comparisons with Lovable, Bolt, v0, Webflow and Framer.
Who uses Better Design
People who ship with AI and cannot staff every design role.
Technical founders
They build the product with an AI coding agent.
Indie hackers
They ship side projects without a designer.
Developers
They want AI-built screens to match a design system.
Small product teams
They cannot staff every design specialty.
Agencies
They keep one private brand per client.
The team behind Better Design
How Better Design works
4 steps, from install to support.
Install in one command
Run npx better-design, or follow the install guide for your editor. The free plan needs no card.
Build as usual
Keep working with your agent. It calls Better Design for the system, the guidance and the review.
Ask by email or on a call
Email the team with any question. Agencies book a 15-minute call to scope their plan.
Cancel when you like
Paid plans renew each month or year until you cancel. The terms set out billing and refunds.
Start with the install guide, read the terms or book a call.
Key facts
The short version, for people and for answer engines.
- Company name
- Better Design
- Type
- Software: an MCP server and a web app
- Founder
- Marvin Kaunda
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Website
- better-design.com
- Core offering
- Design systems, UI and UX guidance and review checks for AI coding agents
- Pricing
- Developer plan free with no card. Pro $24 a month, or $20 a month billed yearly, with a 14-day free trial. Agency and Enterprise priced after a call.
- Contract terms
- Monthly or yearly, renews until cancelled. Paid fees are not refunded except where the law requires it.
- Services
- Design systems, templates, slides, illustrations, video, GitHub pull request reviews, and mobile, 3D and Shopify tools
- Communication
- Email [email protected], or a 15-minute call for agencies and larger teams
- License
- MIT for the better-design MCP package
- Competitors
- Webflow and Framer. Often compared with Lovable, Bolt and v0, which it also runs inside.
Frequently asked questions
No. Your coding agent still writes the application. Better Design gives that agent the design system, the rules and the review checks.
Any agent that supports MCP. The install guide has steps for Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, Windsurf, Lovable, Bolt, v0 and more.
Developer plan free with no card. Pro $24 a month, or $20 a month billed yearly, with a 14-day free trial. Agency and Enterprise priced after a call.
No. People still own product and design decisions. Better Design carries the decisions they approve into the code the agent writes.
No. The code stays in your repository and ships through the deployment you already use.
Yes. On Pro, you add your brand guidelines once and they stay private. The agent applies them to every screen it builds.
Stop shipping generic-looking apps.
Free. No account required. Your code, your repo.