# webflow-mcp:designer-tools

Use this skill to create and edit Webflow pages, elements, styles, and components through MCP. Most page work can run without Designer open.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 841 installs · ★ 132
- Author: webflow
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/webflow/webflow-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/webflow-skills/skills/designer-tools/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/webflow-mcpdesigner-tools

## What it does

The skill guides an agent through Webflow MCP tools for finding pages and elements, building page content, and changing text, links, or styles. It can also inspect components, manage their properties and variants, and add or remove component instances on a page.

An explicit page ID lets the agent inspect and modify content without an active Designer session. Canvas selection, page switching in Designer, and visual element snapshots do need a Designer connection. Before making changes, the workflow calls for a plan and user approval; deletion or restructuring needs explicit confirmation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webflow/webflow-skills --skill webflow-mcp:designer-tools -a claude-code
```
```bash
npx skills add webflow/webflow-skills --skill designer-tools -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/designer-tools/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/designer-tools/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webflow/webflow-skills --skill designer-tools -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/designer-tools/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webflow/webflow-skills --skill designer-tools -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/designer-tools/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install webflow/webflow-skills designer-tools
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/designer-tools/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webflow/webflow-skills --skill designer-tools -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/webflow/webflow-skills --path plugins/webflow-skills/skills/designer-tools
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/designer-tools/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webflow/webflow-skills --skill designer-tools -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/webflow/webflow-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/webflow-skills/skills/designer-tools/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- locate page elements by text or attribute
- create a page or add new content blocks
- update an element’s text, link, or style
- inspect a component and manage its properties
- review a change plan before restructuring a page

## Example prompts
- Find the “Home” page and summarize its element structure.
- Add a heading and button to this page, and show me the proposed changes first.
- Inspect this component’s properties and update the text on its page instance.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: webflow-mcp:designer-tools
description: Build and manage pages, elements, components, and styles in Webflow Designer. Use when adding sections, creating layouts, building elements, inspecting or updating components, viewing what's inside a component, restructuring pages, creating new pages, previewing page structure, styling elements, or managing component properties. Building, styling, and inspecting run headlessly against an explicit page ID — no Designer connection needed. Designer is required for `designer_tool` actions (reading/switching the page open on canvas, interactively selecting an element, creating page folders, opening a component's canvas view) and for `element_snapshot_tool` visual previews.
mcp-version: 2.0.1
---

# Page Structure

Build, inspect, and manage page elements and components in the Webflow Designer.

## Important Note

**ALWAYS use Webflow MCP tools for all operations:**
- Use Webflow MCP's `webflow_guide_tool` to get best practices **before any other tool call**
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_sites_tool` with action `list_sites` to identify the target site
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_pages_tool` with action `list_pages` to find the target page by name or slug — headless, works against any page
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_pages_tool` with action `create_page` to create new pages — headless
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_element_tool` with action `get_all_elements` or `query_elements` to retrieve or filter page elements — headless, pass the page's ID directly
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_element_builder` to create new elements — headless, pass the page's ID and a parent element ID
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_element_tool` with action `set_attributes`, `set_text`, `set_style`, or `set_link` to modify elements — headless
- Use Webflow MCP's `element_snapshot_tool` to get visual previews of elements before and after changes — this is a Designer tool and requires a Designer connection
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_style_tool` to create and update styles on elements — headless
- Use Webflow MCP's `webflow_guide_tool` to check supported style properties
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_component_tool` with action `get_all_components` or `query_components` to list site components — headless
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_component_tool` with action `get_component` to inspect a component's metadata — headless
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_element_tool` scoped with `scope_component_id` to inspect or edit a component's internal elements (its "content") — headless
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_component_props_tool` to manage prop definitions and set prop values on component instances — headless
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_component_variants_tool` to manage variants and per-variant style overrides — headless
- Use Webflow MCP's `data_component_tool` with action `insert_component_instance` or `unlink_component_instance` to manage component instances on a page — headless, not Designer-gated
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