> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tastelabs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Integrate Agents

> Use the Taste Engine from your AI coding agent

Bring brand extraction into your AI coding agent. Instead of calling the [HTTP API](/api-reference/introduction) yourself, your agent can extract a website's design system, read it back, and build on-brand pages directly inside tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any other MCP client.

There are two pieces, and they work best together:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="MCP server" icon="plug" href="/ai-tools/mcp">
    The tools. Connect the Taste Engine MCP server so your agent can submit a URL, poll status, read the extracted brand system, and search the corpus for a look.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Skills" icon="book-open" href="/ai-tools/skills">
    The know-how. Install the agent skills that find real design references before building, ship new pages inside an existing brand's identity, and verify them against it.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Which one do I need?

* The **MCP server** gives your agent the tools to call the engine. It is the part that does the work.
* The **skills** are sets of instructions that teach your agent how to use those tools well: search for the look the prompt actually describes and inspect every result, read every section of the extraction, follow the captured screenshot, and compose the result as real design rather than a generic template.

The skills call the MCP tools, so for the full experience you install the skills and connect the MCP server. You can also connect the MCP server on its own and prompt your agent directly.

## Prerequisites

* A `taste_` API key. Create one in the [Engine dashboard](https://engine.tastelabs.com/app/api-keys). The same key authenticates the HTTP API and the MCP server.
* Any MCP-capable AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and others).

<Tip>
  New to the engine? Read the [Quickstart](/quickstart) to understand submissions and the design system first, then come back to wire it into your agent.
</Tip>