Questions, answered.

No. If you can copy and paste, you can use AI Canvas. And if you do not write code, paste the install command into your AI agent and it will pull the component, design system, or template into your project for you.

Open any component page, click Copy CLI to grab its install command, paste it into your terminal, and run it. The component drops into your project as real, editable code, and a Free account lets you do this for 10 installs a day, free forever.

A CLI, or command-line interface, is a text box where you type one short command to make your computer do something. With AI Canvas you run one command and a finished component lands in your project, ready to use.

A design system is a complete visual language where every color, spacing, and style comes from one shared source, so everything looks like it belongs together. Explore Andromeda, our live design system, to see one in action.

MCP is a standard that connects an AI coding tool like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor directly to AI Canvas, so it can browse and install components for you inside the chat. See the AI Canvas MCP section for setup.

Yes. Browsing, previewing, copying prompts, and remixing with AI are always free, and a Free account gives you 10 installs a day, free forever. Premium adds unlimited installs and full design systems at $8.99 per month or $49.99 per year when you want more.

Open any component page and copy its install command, then run it in your terminal. The command uses the shadcn CLI to drop the real, editable source straight into your project. You can also have your AI coding agent run it for you, or copy the source by hand.

Yes. Paste the install command into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any AI coding tool and it can run it for you. For an even smoother flow, connect the AI Canvas MCP and your agent can browse, inspect, and install components without leaving the chat.

Absolutely. Each component page has a Manual tab that lists the packages to install and the full source to paste in. Everything is open source under the MIT license, so you can read it, change it, and ship it however you like.

Components are React with TypeScript, styled with Tailwind CSS and animated with Framer Motion, and some 3D ones use Three.js. They are built for the Next.js App Router and work in any modern React setup, so you can drop them into most React projects.

A registry is a place the shadcn CLI can pull components from by URL. AI Canvas serves its components in this format, which is why one command installs any of them as real source code, not a screenshot to rebuild.

One command pulls in a finished, fully typed component plus its dependencies and places the editable source right in your project. Starting from a finished component turns the job from generate into adapt, which means fewer AI tokens and fewer back and forth rounds on every build.

Free accounts get 10 installs a day, and remix with AI is free forever. When you are building a lot, Premium gives you unlimited installs plus full design systems and templates, the natural next step once those daily installs are already paying off.

MCP, short for Model Context Protocol, is a standard way for AI tools to plug into outside services. The AI Canvas MCP is a small server that connects your AI coding agent to AI Canvas, so it can find and install components without you leaving the chat. It is free to use.

Setup is one command. Grab the exact command for Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor on the MCP page.

It works with Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, the three coding agents shown on the AI Canvas MCP page. Any other tool that supports MCP can connect by running the same command.

Your agent gets eight read-only tools to browse categories, search components, inspect a component's details and source, list design systems and templates, and get the exact install command. The right code lands in your project from inside the chat, with nothing changed on our side.

The shadcn CLI is a single command you run yourself to add a component, while the MCP lets your AI agent search, inspect, and install components for you inside the chat. Both deliver the same real, open-source code, so you pick whichever fits how you build.

New components reach your connected agent about five minutes after they ship, since the MCP reads from the live AI Canvas registry with a short cache. After that your agent can browse and install them like any other component.

Yes, the MCP is free and browsing component details is never metered. Pulling actual component, design system, or template source counts toward the daily free limit, which on a Free account is 10 installs a day, and Premium gives you unlimited installs with no daily limit. Premium is $8.99 per month or $49.99 per year.

A design system is a full, matching visual language built around one shared token file, a single place that defines every color, spacing, and font so the whole set looks consistent. You get that token file plus all the React components that follow it, ready to install as real code.

Every piece already shares the same colors, spacing, and type, so your screens look like one coherent product instead of mismatched parts. Starting from a finished, consistent set means your AI agent adapts rather than generates from scratch, which uses fewer tokens and fewer rounds to ship.

Individual components from a system install on the Free plan just like any standalone component, with 10 installs a day on a Free account. Installing a whole system in one command, plus the premium templates, is part of Premium.

Premium turns a design system into a one-command install for the entire set and unlocks the premium templates built on top of it, plus unlimited component installs with no daily limit. It is the natural next step once a system is already saving you time, priced at $8.99 per month or $49.99 per year.

A lot. Browsing components, previewing them, copying AI prompts, using the MCP, the Lab, and saving favorites are all free. You also get daily component installs, and you can remix with AI for free, forever.

Install means pulling a component’s real source code into your own project, usually with one command. You get the actual code to edit and ship, not a screenshot to copy by hand.

Without an account you get 2 component installs a day. A Free account gives you 10 a day, free forever, and is the simplest way to get more at no cost.

Yes, the daily limit is a rolling 24 hour window, so it refreshes over time. Re-pulling a component you already installed within 24 hours is free even at the cap, so only a brand new component counts toward your daily total.

Yes. Remix with AI is free at every tier and never counts against your daily installs.

Premium gives you unlimited component installs with no daily limit. It also unlocks full design systems, which you can install as a whole system in one command, plus premium templates.

Premium is $8.99 per month or $49.99 per year, and the yearly plan is a big saving. Free stays $0 forever, so you only upgrade once AI Canvas is already paying off for you.

Start Free to build confidence, since 10 installs a day and remix with AI cover most early projects. When you are installing more, shipping faster, or want full design systems and templates, Premium is the natural next step.

Payments run through Paddle, a trusted billing company that acts as the seller of record, meaning it sells Premium and processes the payment on our behalf. Checkout happens in a secure Paddle popup right on the page, so it stays simple and quick.

Yes. Payment is handled entirely by Paddle, a professional billing company and seller of record, so your payment details go straight to them and never sit with us. Your account only unlocks Premium after Paddle confirms the payment, keeping everything verified and safe.

Yes. As the seller of record, Paddle calculates and handles any applicable taxes for your country at checkout, so the right amount is included automatically. You see the full total before you confirm, with nothing to file yourself.

Checkout uses Paddle's secure popup, which offers the payment options available in your region at the time you pay. You will see exactly which methods you can use right there before you confirm.

Yes. Premium renews automatically, and you can cancel whenever you like from your account settings. You keep full Premium access until the end of the period you already paid for.

Yes. The repository is public, the source is never hidden, and remix with AI stays free for everyone. Open source means the code is openly available for you to read, use, and change.

They are released under the MIT license, one of the most permissive open-source licenses. You can use them in personal and commercial projects, modify them freely, and ship them without giving credit. Any third-party assets, fonts, or images a component references may carry their own terms, so check those before shipping.

Components are React with TypeScript, styled with Tailwind CSS and animated with Framer Motion, and some 3D ones use Three.js. TypeScript is JavaScript with type safety, Tailwind is a styling toolkit, and Framer Motion handles animation. They are built for the Next.js App Router but work in any modern React setup.

Most libraries serve one audience, but AI Canvas fits however you build: copy an AI prompt, run one command with the shadcn CLI, or hand it to an AI agent. The code lands as real open-source code in your project, not a screenshot to chase, so you can restyle, extend, or ship it as is.

It is built for three ways of working. Designers get a polished starting point and shape it toward their own goals. Developers install a component with one command. And AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor browse and install components for you. Pick whichever fits how you work.

No. AI Canvas is an independent, solo-built project and is not sponsored by, partnered with, or endorsed by any of those tools. It simply works alongside them so your existing AI workflow gets finished components.

Because the blank screen is the hardest part, and I got tired of watching AI rebuild the same button worse every time. I wanted a starting point that is already good, finished and honest components you can trust and make your own. AI Canvas exists so you spend your energy on what makes your product yours, not on the boring eighty percent everyone redoes.

One person. AI Canvas is a solo project, built and cared for one component at a time by someone who worries about the easing curve more than is strictly reasonable. It is still early and still growing, and if it makes your work easier, going Premium is the most direct way to help one maker keep building it with the same care.