Glyphs mcp icon font

Glyphs MCP icon font

Use this skill for stable icon-font encoding, not icon drawing or general PUA work.

Core rules

• Use only review_unicode_assignments and apply_unicode_assignments for assignment batches.
• Run review without allocation before proposing any value.
• Preserve every existing assignment.
• For a released font, require its previous map before allocation. Without one, audit only unless the user explicitly authorizes a new baseline.
• Never infer standard Unicode from an icon name or drawing.
• Target selected or named glyphs by default. Use whole-font scope only when explicitly requested.
• Default private icon allocation to BMP PUA; accept an explicit caller-supplied range.
• Require a dry run and explicit approval before applying with confirm=true.
• Never save the font.
• Do not create manifests, canonical IDs, CSS, TypeScript, accessibility metadata, Figma workflows, or exported-font cmap reports.

Workflow

1. Call list_open_fonts, then inspect the target with get_font_glyphs.
2. Establish whether the font is unreleased or already released. Obtain the previous map for a released font.
3. Call review_unicode_assignments with allocate_unencoded=false.
4. Summarize collisions, invalid values, export-state warnings, multiple assignments, previous-map changes, and range capacity.
5. If allocation is requested and allowed, review again with allocate_unencoded=true, the selected or named glyphs, the previous map, and any reserved values or custom range.
6. Present the exact proposals and private-agreement warning. Do not reinterpret their meaning.
7. Pass the reviewed assignments to apply_unicode_assignments with dry_run=true.
8. After explicit approval, repeat with confirm=true, review the affected glyphs again, and report verification without saving.

For drawing or outline work, use glyphs-mcp-outlines-docs. For metrics, use glyphs-mcp-spacing.

Deeper references

• Unicode assignment tools
• Command set
• Project briefing