What is tailwindcss-mcp-server CLAUDE.md?

A set of instructions for a TypeScript MCP server that helps AI assistants understand and use Tailwind CSS. Tailwind CSS is a framework where styling is applied through small utility class names, and the server also supports practical CSS-related actions.

Use it when building, watching, testing, or debugging tools for Tailwind documentation, utilities, configuration, CSS-to-utility conversion, installation, component generation, or color palettes. MCP is a standard way for AI tools to call external services.

It describes the available information and action areas so an agent can develop and test the server without guessing its purpose or commands.

How CarbonoDev/tailwindcss-mcp-server configures Claude Code

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to CarbonoDev/tailwindcss-mcp-server. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CarbonoDev/tailwindcss-mcp-server/main/CLAUDE.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CarbonoDev/tailwindcss-mcp-server

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 581 This file is loaded in full into every session.

When invoked 581 The same file — it is already loaded in full.

Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00581	$0.00581
Opus 5.5	$0.00232	$0.00232
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00116	$0.00116
Haiku 4.5	$0.00058	$0.00058

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 4939b9bc26fc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

tailwindcss-mcp-server CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 58 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 58 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

This is a TypeScript-based MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for TailwindCSS, providing comprehensive tools for AI agents to understand and work with the TailwindCSS utility-first framework. The server offers both informational tools (documentation, utilities, configuration) and action tools (installation, CSS conversion, component generation).

Development Commands

Build & Development

npm install - Install dependencies
npm run build - Build TypeScript to JavaScript and set executable permissions
npm run watch - Watch mode for development (auto-rebuilds on file changes)

Testing & Debugging

npm run inspector - Launch MCP Inspector for debugging the server through a web interface

Architecture & Key Components

Project Goals

Primary: Enable AI agents to provide accurate TailwindCSS guidance by accessing comprehensive documentation, utility classes, and configuration patterns
Secondary: Execute practical actions like installing TailwindCSS, converting CSS to utilities, generating color palettes, and creating component templates

Planned MCP Tools

Information Tools:

get_tailwind_utilities - Retrieve utility class information by category (spacing, colors, typography, etc.)
get_tailwind_colors - Access the complete color palette with shades
get_tailwind_config_guide - Framework-specific configuration guidance
search_tailwind_docs - Full-text search across documentation

Action Tools:

install_tailwind - Generate installation commands for any framework
convert_css_to_tailwind - Convert traditional CSS to utility classes
generate_color_palette - Create custom color schemes
analyze_tailwind_usage - Audit and optimize TailwindCSS usage in projects
generate_component_template - Create HTML templates with TailwindCSS utilities

Technical Implementation

Read the full file on GitHub · 58 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

2mo ago First seen · 58 lines · 581 tokens per session scan A 4939b9bc26fc

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tailwindcss-mcp-server CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository CarbonoDev/tailwindcss-mcp-server (40 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 581 tokens to every session, about $0.0023 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

CSS and styling Frontend

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