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swatchdog.dev

The drift check for AI-built apps.

year
MMXXVI
role
Design & build
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MCP connector
website
directory

The brief

#b06ed0 and #b16fd2 are different colors, and an agent can't see that. Swatchdog is a single MCP tool — check_design_drift — that takes a reference token set and code, and returns every off-token color, radius, spacing, and type value, each with the exact token to use instead.

Agents call it on their own output as they build: check, fix, re-check, ship. One connection in Claude, Claude Code, or any MCP client — listed in the Anthropic Connector Directory.

Notes from the build

decisions that held
one tool, not a suite

The whole product is one deterministic check with a tight contract. Narrow scope is what lets an agent — and the person reviewing the agent — trust it.

stateless and read-only

Tokens and code travel inside the call; nothing is stored and nothing is modified. It reports drift, it doesn't touch your build.

standards are portable

The reference can be your own tokens — CSS variables, a tokens file, a Tailwind theme — or a curated pack. The check is identical either way.

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