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Forge
Describe an app. Design it. Download it.
The Problem
Most AI app builders trap you in a "token loop." You submit a prompt, the AI guesses the layout, and you burn time and API costs on endless text iterations just to move a button three pixels.
The Solution
Forge breaks this loop by using a connected canvas as the design gate between your prompt and your code. You describe your app once, edit the layout visually for free, and download the final codebase. Two AI calls. Everything else is free.
How It Works (Under the Hood)
Forge relies on a live, bidirectional connection between the design tool and the build system:
Prompt to Canvas: You describe your app in plain English. Claude generates a structured JSON UI spec. Forge’s MCP server pushes this to Paper (get_project_spec) to render as live, editable nodes.
Zero-Cost Editing: You edit the design visually. Every change syncs back to Forge in real-time (update_spec), saving 80% of the token costs normally wasted on text-based tweaks.
Sign-Off to Code: Once you approve the design in Paper, the spec is locked. Claude generates production-ready Flutter widget code and a Django REST API scaffold, delivered as a clean, runnable source ZIP in under 30 seconds.
Who It’s For
Founders: Get a reliable, working codebase without needing to learn mobile development.
Developers: Skip the tedious Flutter/Django boilerplate and jump straight into a working architecture.
What’s Next
Managed APK/iOS IPA compilation via cloud build services.
In-browser Dart code editing before download.
Spec versioning for iterative design.
ALL BUILT WITH @Paper and claude
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Most productivity apps expect you to organize your life.
Syntra does it for you ⚡
You start with a messy brain dump 🧠
Syntra converts it into structured tasks, a 7-day plan, and real-time insights — instantly.
The interface itself was generated using Paper MCP 🧩
→ turning abstract system logic into a fully designed, interactive UI in real time.
→ bridging idea → structure → interface seamlessly.
Try:
🔗 https://syntra-493723.uc.r.appspot.com/
🔗 https://github.com/omshukla24/Syntra
Built with:
⚙️ Next.js + TypeScript
🧠 Google Gemini 2.5 Flash
💾 localStorage (no backend / no DB)
🎨 CSS Modules (no Tailwind)
🎬 Framer Motion
🧩 Paper MCP
Runs entirely locally 🔐
No setup. No manual planning.
Just chaos → structure → execution 🚀
something production level
I created a new workflow with Paper's connected canvas.
Push a branch -> Claude Code read your Paper design via MCP -> boots the dev server -> then runs three diff passes automatically: visual, semantic, and image. The results land directly onto the canvas as a structured review artifact.
No Slack thread. No back-and-forth. The canvas becomes the design review.
I built it with Claude Code and Paper MCP inside Antigravity. The agent uses get_jsx to diff Tailwind classes node by node, analyzes semantic meaning of copy changes, and compares image fills with vision. It caught a hero gap deviation (gap-12 in code, gap-10 in Paper), a subhead measure narrowed from 560px to 520px, and copy drift from the Paper source, all before a single human review.
This is what a canvas connected to your repo, your agent, and your data looks like, and it's a workflow Paper's roadmap hasn't shipped yet!
this is such a cool use case!
I built a fully playable chess game entirely inside @paper canvas using MCP + agents!
White vs Black — I played as White, the agent as Black.
We made real moves on the canvas, the agent validated rules, updated the board live, handled castling/check/checkmate, and tracked everything.
After the game ended, I used this prompt to make the agent read the final canvas state and instantly build a beautiful modern Game Stats Dashboard (result, moves, captured pieces, material balance, highlights, visuals — all accurate to the actual game).
A design canvas becoming a complete interactive chess engine + auto post-game analytics? This is a wild new flow!
Watch the full demo (I play a complete game + dashboard appears)
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