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This piece explains some of Penpot's relevant findings around AI and UI Design, what we’re building (and why) and what you should expect from us in the future.
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Only three weeks ago, during Penpot Fest 2025, we unveiled the official MCP Server for Penpot (Github repo and 6-min presentation). Unlike other community efforts (kudos to them!), we decided to expose the Plugins API as a privileged way to interact with a Penpot design. Today we want to share some promising uses cases and comment on what’s coming next, but also ask the tinkerers out there to stress test these uses cases or come up with new ones. We already knew, th...
[Penpot](https://penpot.app/?utm_source=SmashingMagazine&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=MCPserver) is experimenting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, which could lead to designers and developers being able to perform tasks in Penpot using AI that’s able to understand and interact with Penpot design files. Daniel Schwarz explains how [Penpot MCP](https://github.com/penpot/penpot-mcp) servers work, what they could mean for creating and managing designs in Penpot, and what you can do to help shape their development.