diff --git a/crates/mcp/src/headless.rs b/crates/mcp/src/headless.rs
index aea3e876..eea81ddd 100644
--- a/crates/mcp/src/headless.rs
+++ b/crates/mcp/src/headless.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl Headless {
         let png = img.to_png();
         match s(p, "path") {
             Some(path) => {
-                std::fs::write(path, &png).map_err(|e| format!("write {path}: {e}"))?;
+                designcraft_engine::atomic::write_atomic(std::path::Path::new(path), &png).map_err(|e| format!("write {path}: {e}"))?;
                 Ok(json!({"path": path, "width": img.width, "height": img.height}))
             }
             None => Ok(json!({"width": img.width, "height": img.height, "pngBase64": designcraft_engine::cmd::base64_encode(&png)})),
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ impl Headless {
             .ok_or_else(|| format!("no page {page}"))?;
         let lower = path.to_ascii_lowercase();
         let bytes = if lower.ends_with(".jpg") || lower.ends_with(".jpeg") { img.to_jpeg(90) } else { img.to_png() };
-        std::fs::write(path, &bytes).map_err(|e| format!("write {path}: {e}"))?;
+        designcraft_engine::atomic::write_atomic(std::path::Path::new(path), &bytes).map_err(|e| format!("write {path}: {e}"))?;
         Ok(json!({"path": path, "width": img.width, "height": img.height}))
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs b/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
index 802f615d..c51bac8e 100644
--- a/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
+++ b/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ fn render_page(b: &mut dyn Backend, a: &Args) -> Result<ToolResult, String> {
     let path = a.get("path").and_then(Value::as_str);
     if let Some(path) = path {
         let png = designcraft_engine::cmd::base64_decode(&b64);
-        std::fs::write(path, png).map_err(|e| format!("write {path}: {e}"))?;
+        designcraft_engine::atomic::write_atomic(std::path::Path::new(path), &png).map_err(|e| format!("write {path}: {e}"))?;
     }
     Ok(ToolResult::image(b64, &json!({"width": r.get("width"), "height": r.get("height"), "path": path})))
 }