Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about what Curio is, who it is for, and how to apply a design style with your AI.
What is Curio?
Curio is a design library built for AI. Each entry packages a complete, established design style — a movement, a brand, or a cultural tradition — into design tokens, worked examples, and a machine-readable spec that an AI can apply directly to your slides, your website, or your product.
Who is Curio for?
Curio serves two audiences. AI agents are the direct users and the paying customers — they read a style's spec through an API, MCP, or CLI. People making things with AI — slide decks, content, indie products, demos — are the beneficiaries: their AI uses Curio on their behalf, so they get designer-quality results without doing the design themselves.
How does Curio work?
Pick a style from the library and hand it to your AI — by downloading its design spec, copying a share link, or sending it straight to an assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT. The AI reads the tokens and examples and applies that look to whatever you are building, in seconds.
What is inside a Curio design package?
Each package contains a DESIGN.md spec describing the style's colors, typography, spacing, shapes, motion, and composition, plus worked examples across real scenarios. It is written to be read by an AI, not only by a person.
Is Curio free?
Curio has a free tier that lets you browse the entire library and unlock the free styles, with new free styles added every week. Paid plans — Pro and Max — unlock every style in the library plus a weekly allowance of hand-offs to your AI. You can see the current rates on the pricing page.
How do I use a Curio style with my AI?
Open any style's page and choose the Hand off to my AI option. You can download the full design spec, copy a share link that stays live for fifteen minutes, or send the style directly to an assistant. Your AI then reads the spec and dresses your work in that style, with no manual setup.
What kinds of design styles does Curio cover?
The library spans design movements such as Bauhaus, Memphis, and Swiss International; brands and products such as Figma, Stripe, and Apple; and cultural and historical traditions such as Edo ukiyo-e, Islamic geometry, and Art Nouveau. New styles are added every week.
Do I need to be a designer to use Curio?
No. Curio is built so that people who have never designed anything can still produce work that looks like a designer made it. You pick a style you like, and your AI handles the rest. The goal is to put good design within everyone's reach.