Scored by asking 12 questions a buyer of a design product asks, then grading this site’s own pages: answered, hedged (partial or vague), or silent (no page answers it). How scoring works
12 buyer questions · graded against the site’s own pages
24 points sit between huegrid.com and 100: 4 open questions and 6 missing protocol checks, ordered by estimated payoff.
Point estimates are per fix under scoring v2. They are not additive to a promised total.
Hedged · 4 of 12 questions
A buyer gets something, then has to guess the rest. Expand any row for the evidence and the fix.
01Is there a minimum project size or budget they require before taking on a new client?getting-startedHedges+3 pts est.+−
Is there a minimum project size or budget they require before taking on a new client?
What the pages say
Huegrid does not explicitly state a minimum project budget or size requirement. Their project enquiry page indicates typical engagements involve a $7–10K/mo investment and a 4–6 week duration.
The fix
Explicitly state whether the $7–10K/mo figure represents a minimum engagement size or if smaller projects are accepted.
confidence high · grounding synthesized · weight 0.70 · Vague
02What specific deliverables — like brand guidelines, design systems, or source files — do clients receive at project completion?deliverablesPage missing+3 pts est.+−
What specific deliverables — like brand guidelines, design systems, or source files — do clients receive at project completion?
What the pages say
The site does not publish a consolidated list of standard completion deliverables, but project case studies mention specific outputs: clickable Figma prototypes and line-animation demos (Jack Strategy); a full Webflow build with components, forms, and animation plus client training to run the site afterward (Townhall); design systems with token sets, shared libraries, and design-to-code pipelines (Aampe); and brand identity systems (Interleap).
The fix
Create a dedicated 'Deliverables' or 'What You Get' page that lists standard project completion outputs—such as brand guidelines, design systems, source files, prototypes, and training—so buyers know exactly what they receive.
03Do they always begin with a paid discovery phase before moving into full design execution?processHedges+3 pts est.+−
Do they always begin with a paid discovery phase before moving into full design execution?
What the pages say
The Project Enquiry page describes an initial call and a weekly deliverable rhythm, and case studies for Dover and Interleap mention discovery and user research as part of project work, but the chunks do not specify whether Huegrid always begins engagements with a separate paid discovery phase before full design execution.
The fix
Clarify on the Project Enquiry or a dedicated Process page whether engagements always begin with a separate paid discovery phase, or explicitly describe how discovery is scoped within projects.
confidence medium · grounding synthesized · weight 0.65 · Vague
04How many designers are typically assigned to a single client project?operationsHedges+3 pts est.+−
How many designers are typically assigned to a single client project?
What the pages say
HueGrid does not specify the exact number of designers typically assigned to a single client project. The site states that projects are handled by 'One cross-functional team' covering brand, product, web, motion, and build, and that engagements are 'Founder-direct' with 'no account layer.'
The fix
Add a specific line on the Project Enquiry or About page clarifying typical team size, for example: 'Each project is staffed with 1 lead designer and 2 specialists.'
confidence high · grounding stated · weight 1.00 · Answered
contactAnswered
What is the best way to contact them — through a form, email, or scheduling a call?
What the pages say
HueGrid offers three contact paths on their Project Enquiry page (/talk): a “Tell us your need” enquiry, “Email me this estimate,” and “Schedule a call” (also labeled “Talk it through”). The call is described as “Twenty minutes, no deck, no pitch. We look at what you're building and tell you honestly if we're the right fit.” The site presents all three as parallel options and does not explicitly rank one as best.
confidence high · grounding synthesized · weight 0.95 · Answered
servicesAnswered
Do they offer both brand identity and digital product design, or is their focus limited to one area?
What the pages say
HueGrid offers both brand identity and digital product design; their focus is not limited to one area. Their offerings page lists both ‘Digital Products’ (including production front-ends, design systems, and UX writing) and ‘Branding & Marketing’ (including brand strategy, creative direction, and brand system harnesses). Project pages explicitly describe engagements as ‘Branding & Product Design’—for example, the Aampe project—and their project enquiry form includes both ‘Brand identity’ and ‘Product’ as options.
confidence high · grounding synthesized · weight 0.95 · Answered
operationsAnswered
Do they work with international clients, or do they only partner with companies based in India?
What the pages say
HueGrid works with international clients and is not limited to India. The studio is Singapore-based and reports '14 clients, 4 countries, 22 projects.' Their portfolio includes international work for San Francisco-based Aampe, a Hong Kong payments company (Finverse), an Abu Dhabi real estate builder (Darna), a Brooklyn firm (Jack Strategy), and a global manufacturer (Dover), alongside Indian clients such as Scapia, Lendingkart, and Capri Global.
confidence high · grounding world-knowledge · weight 0.60 · Answered
integrationAnswered
Will they collaborate with our in-house engineering team during implementation, or do they hand off designs and step back?
What the pages say
HueGrid collaborates with in-house teams during implementation rather than handing off static designs and stepping back. On the 1990 Research Studio project, they state that "Animation and interaction ideation carried through into the Framer implementation, rather than being handed off as a static spec," and that they "worked closely with their team to get the CMS working as intended." For Aampe, they note that "Design and engineering share one source of truth for product UI, down to the NX screens." Their Capri Global engagement involved "Ongoing design support ran alongside Capri's own product teams as a steady design partner." They also describe a typical engagement as "One cross-functional team. Brand, product, web, motion, build" and emphasize that "We train your people. On what we build."
confidence high · grounding world-knowledge · weight 0.60 · Answered
servicesAnswered
Do they provide ongoing monthly retainer support after a project ends, or only one-time engagements?
What the pages say
HueGrid provides ongoing retainer support, not just one-time engagements. The Capri Global case study is explicitly described as an "ongoing retainer" and "a retainer, not a one-off," where HueGrid acts as a "steady design partner" providing "ongoing design support." Their Project Enquiry page also notes they are "Long-term by design. Months, not sprints" and references "ongoing work" alongside typical engagements.
confidence high · grounding synthesized · weight 0.95 · Answered
operationsAnswered
Do they work out of a physical studio that clients can visit, or are they fully remote?
What the pages say
HueGrid describes itself as "Singapore-based" and "remote-first," indicating they operate remotely rather than from a physical studio that clients can visit.
confidence high · grounding stated · weight 1.00 · Answered
Protocol plumbing · 63/10010 of 16 checks pass · each fix +6 protocol pts est.
The other half of the score: 16 checks for the files and headers agents look for. The 6 below are installs, not judgment calls, and most are an afternoon. Expand any for the snippet and the standard it follows. They sit after the queue because none of them changes what your pages say.
llms.txtDiscoverability+6 pts est.+−
Sitedex generates this file from your crawl. Grab it in Files from this audit below.
Already passing 10 of 16: robots.txt, sitemap.xml, AI crawler access, Content signal, Clean crawl, Server-rendered content, Canonical URLs, HTML lang attribute, Organization schema, Sitemap lastmod.
Ask this site’s index
Sitedex already serves huegrid.com as an MCP endpoint. Ask huegrid.com anything an AI agent might ask, and see what its index returns. (To score your own site, use the form below.)
Snippets & configs
For developers and the engineer-on-call: copy these into your tools or your site.
Files from this audit
Built from this crawl. Download or copy each, then install it at the path noted.
llms.txt
Built from this crawl. Install at /llms.txt so agents start here.
organization.json
Organization JSON-LD, pre-filled from this crawl. Wrap in a ld+json script.
server-card.json
MCP server card built from this crawl. Host at /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json.
webmcp.json
WebMCP discovery manifest built from this crawl. Host at /.well-known/webmcp.json.
MCP endpoint
https://mcp.sitedex.dev/s/huegrid-com/mcp
The URL anyone's agent points at. Read-only; safe to share.
Claude Code
claude mcp add huegrid --transport http https://mcp.sitedex.dev/s/huegrid-com/mcp
Drop in <head>. In browsers with WebMCP, this script registers your site's tools with navigator.modelContext.registerTool().
2 · Discovery manifest
{
"schema_version": "2026-04",
"name": "HueGrid",
"description": "HueGrid is a design partner for funded startups, where design is the glue that weaves product, brand and tech as the business scales. WebMCP tools served by Sitedex.",
"homepage": "https://huegrid.com",
"documentation": "https://app.sitedex.dev/sites/huegrid.com",
"source": "navigator.modelContext",
"tools": [
{
"name": "search_site_content",
"description": "Ask about this site in plain language and get the most relevant passages from its pages, each with the source URL and a relevance score. Searches the site's published text, not live inventory or accounts."
},
{
"name": "get_site_info",
"description": "This site's profile: name, description, category, who it is for, page count, and AI Visibility Score. Use it to learn what the site is before you search it."
},
{
"name": "list_site_pages",
"description": "The pages indexed on this site, with title, URL, and path. Use it to see what the site covers, or to find the path to pass to get_site_page."
},
{
"name": "get_site_page",
"description": "The full markdown of one page on this site, by path. Use it after search_site_content points you at a page and you want all of it."
}
]
}
Host alongside the script at /.well-known/webmcp.json. Crawlers that don't render JS rely on this.
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