aseprite-live-mcp
An open-source Model Context Protocol server for Aseprite that allows an AI agent to draw in your live editor or run headless. It supports Unity-first workflows including sprite-sheet export with .meta files, art-QA sweeps, isometric drawing primitives, tilemaps, and in-editor dialogs.
Package and access
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Checks and signals
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- Popularity 8 GitHub stars
What you can do with it
- Draw in live Aseprite editor with named undo per edit
- Export Unity sprite sheets with per-slice pivots
- Run project-convention art-QA sweeps
- Create isometric drawing primitives and tilemaps
Source and maintenance
- Last repository push
- Latest release
- v0.2.0
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
aseprite-live-mcp 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "aseprite-live-mcp",
"registryType": "pypi",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND",
"description": "live (default) or headless"
},
{
"name": "ASEPRITE_PATH",
"description": "Path to the Aseprite executable (auto-detected if unset)"
},
{
"name": "ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL",
"description": "Relay HTTP base for the live backend (default http://127.0.0.1:9878)"
},
{
"name": "ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK",
"description": "Set to disable the daily PyPI update check"
}
]
}Tools
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Maintenance history
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Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
Cursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"aseprite-live-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aseprite-live-mcp==0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND>",
"ASEPRITE_PATH": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_PATH>",
"ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL>",
"ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"aseprite-live-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aseprite-live-mcp==0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND>",
"ASEPRITE_PATH": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_PATH>",
"ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL>",
"ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"aseprite-live-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aseprite-live-mcp==0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND>",
"ASEPRITE_PATH": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_PATH>",
"ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL>",
"ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"aseprite-live-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aseprite-live-mcp==0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND>",
"ASEPRITE_PATH": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_PATH>",
"ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL>",
"ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
}
}
}
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