---
id: base-mcp
kind: work
title: "Base MCP: Teaching AI agents to speak the Base Design System"
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-08-12"
url: "https://uber.design/base-mcp"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/base-mcp.md
---

# Base MCP: Teaching AI agents to speak the Base Design System

Base MCP is an internal tool built around one idea: design systems should be machine-readable.

## Edges

- about -> Design tokens and DTCG, MCP servers
- <- authored <- Ali Asghar Aamir