Build With Taste

new Taste feature just shipped on iOS: Taste Interviews 👅 instead of only asking what designs you like, it now interviews you about how you think about design: 1. what is this screen trying to do? 2. what is working well? 3. what would you change? 4. what would you keep? + and then it asks follow-ups. the goal is to move Taste beyond aesthetic preference and start capturing design judgment.

i added an AI design assistant to the Taste @figma plugin select any frame(s) and it critiques your work using context from your past designs + everything you've saved on Taste. chat with it to brainstorm and build a plan of edits you can pin right on your Figma canvas instead of generic AI design feedback, it knows your previous work and inspiration

submitted a big Taste iOS update last night. one new feature is color search for finding UI/UX inspiration by palette (supports multi-colors at once). the bigger update is about moving Taste beyond aesthetic preference into product judgment. will share more once Apple approves the build...

I’m far too into the design of Apple Park #wwdc26

@alexkehr @figma

almost finished with a cool Taste @figma plugin update that feels like a glimpse of where design tools are going/should be going select a frame → get a critique against your Taste Profile from your @buildtaste repo → add your own notes/critique → generate new Figma frames that remix the design with improvements and chages so, not just "make this prettier"... more like: apply my design judgment to this frame to give me more ideas

one thing i experimented with for Taste over the weekend: capturing design judgment, not just aesthetic taste so i started building "taste interviews”".. quick voice design critiques where you’re shown a design and explain what you like, what you’d change, what you’d keep, etc... the bigger goal by adding this is for the Taste MCP to give Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, etc. more than your aesthetic preferences, but a glimpse into how you make design decisions

@InsiderPresider @alexkehr big if true

@alexkehr plausible design creates a false sense of security for nontechnical founders, the gap between prototype and production is where most projects die

AI today is very good at what I’d call “plausible design.” It can make an app look good enough that inexperienced builders mistake it for good software. But polished UI ≠ a working product. I think a big company opportunity is helping people use AI to build extraordinary software faster - so going beyond plausible design to world class product

what if you could rent your taste? today i launched full beta of renting your taste via an MCP on Taste! you can build a design repo from the Taste @figma plugin, uploaded designs, or organize your favorite designs from the Taste iOSS app/website... then set a price: free, monthly, or annual. people can buy access to your design repo and inject your aesthetic style into Codex, @Cursor_ai, and @Claude Code outputs through Taste MCP. payouts are powered by @Stripe Connect.

just shipped a Taste update that makes the home feed feel more like a For You page for design inspiration you’ll now see more designs (that you're likely to enjoy) from people you don’t follow - so you can more easily find stuff to save to your collections, and then reference those collections from Codex or Claude Code through the Taste MCP discover -> organize inspiration -> use it while building

apple just approved the Taste update i built last weekend now your profile can explain your design taste back to you the more designs you upload/favorite/organize, the more precise your design taste profile gets it’s weirdly fun seeing your own design style/preferences articulated back to you

designers already have years of taste sitting inside Figma with that in mind... i (finally!) updated the @figma Taste plugin so you can bulk export frames into Taste, connect the Taste MCP, and make Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, etc generate front-end that feels much close to something you’d actually design

@alexkehr @bentossell big if true

@bentossell If you use the design skill/MCP I built it should help a lot + inject your own design preferences in: buildwithtaste.com

fastest model with good frontend taste?

@alexkehr yummy

try the ios app: apps.apple.com/us/app/taste-a…

i added a social feed to Taste over the weekend kind of like Pinterest x Dribbble, but for teaching AI your design taste you can see what people you follow are saving, browse trending uploads, and add anything you see to your own collections you can now also call out specific collections through the Taste MCP in Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.

a rather weird idea i built based on a suggestion from @Ian8ach: what if designers could rent out their taste? their favorite designs, color choices, spacing preferences, typography choices, general product vibes, etc. over the weekend, i made it so that, on Taste, you can turn your design preferences into a paid MCP profile for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, etc. set a price. make it free. offer a subscription. it will auto-revoke access when someone stops paying. rent your taste 👅 buildwithtaste.com

@alexkehr iOS app: apps.apple.com/us/app/taste-a… website: buildwithtaste.com

i’m trying to make AI coding tools generate design outputs that actually feel personalized so i just shipped a big update to the Taste MCP: project-specific design collections you can reference in Codex, Cursor, Claude Code, etc. build collections with design references and ask your AI coding tool to reference the collection when building!

built a weird little Taste feature you can now import your @figma designs and it turns your design style into vacation photos the outfits, locations, styling, and vibe are all generated from your taste profile 👅

i’ve been fascinated with the idea of portable taste for AI tools... what if your design preferences could follow you into Codex, Cursor, Claude Code, etc? so i built the Taste MCP beta over the weekend. swipe on designs, upload your work, save references you like, and Taste turns it into a living taste profile your AI tools can actually use.

i launched a @figma plugin for Taste this weekend 👅 now you can import your own designs, let Taste turn them into a design profile, and have Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, etc generate UI that actually factors in your style. the bigger idea: portable design taste for AI tools. instead of every AI product starting from zero, your taste should move with you. try Figma plugin here: buildwithtaste.com/product/figma