Pixel Art MCP

A remote MCP server that allows agents to pixelate images, extract or remap color palettes, and upscale sprites without blur. Images are accepted as URLs or base64 and returned as PNGs.

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Community listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-02Published by SimplePixelArt

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Pixelate an image
Extract or remap a palette
Upscale without blur

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.2

mcp-registry: io.github.comficker/pixel-art-mcp@0.1.2 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC

Protocol and capabilities

Server: simplepixelart-mcp 0.1.1
MCP protocol: 2025-06-18
Tools: 5 advertised
Resources: Not advertised
Resource templates: Not advertised
Prompts: Not advertised

Server-advertised capabilities

{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": true
  }
}

Tools

5 advertised

pixelate_image — Image to pixel art

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Turn a photo or illustration into pixel art: shrink it to a pixel grid and reduce it to a few colours (or a named palette). Returns the PNG.

pixelate_image input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "scale": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "maximum": 32,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Nearest-neighbour upscale of the returned PNG, capped at 1024 px"
    },
    "width": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 64,
      "maximum": 256,
      "minimum": 4,
      "description": "Width of the pixel grid in pixels (height keeps the aspect ratio)"
    },
    "colors": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 16,
      "maximum": 64,
      "minimum": 2,
      "description": "Number of colours when no palette is given"
    },
    "palette": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Palette name (pico-8, sweetie-16, endesga-32, game-boy, 1-bit) or hex colours like \"#1a1c2c,#5d275d\""
    },
    "image_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Public http(s) URL of a PNG or JPEG (max 4 MB, 2048x2048)"
    },
    "image_base64": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "PNG or JPEG as base64 (or a data: URL), if there is no public URL"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

extract_palette — Extract palette

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Pull the main colours out of an image (median cut). Returns hex codes plus a GIMP/Aseprite .gpl palette.

extract_palette input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "colors": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "maximum": 64,
      "minimum": 2,
      "description": "How many colours to extract"
    },
    "image_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Public http(s) URL of a PNG or JPEG (max 4 MB, 2048x2048)"
    },
    "image_base64": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "PNG or JPEG as base64 (or a data: URL), if there is no public URL"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

remap_palette — Recolour to a palette

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Recolour an existing pixel art image so every pixel uses a colour from the given palette (e.g. PICO-8 or Game Boy). Size is kept. Returns the PNG.

remap_palette input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "palette"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "palette": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Palette name (pico-8, sweetie-16, endesga-32, game-boy, 1-bit) or hex colours like \"#1a1c2c,#5d275d\""
    },
    "image_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Public http(s) URL of a PNG or JPEG (max 4 MB, 2048x2048)"
    },
    "image_base64": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "PNG or JPEG as base64 (or a data: URL), if there is no public URL"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

upscale_pixel_art — Upscale without blur

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Scale pixel art up by a whole number with nearest neighbour, so pixels stay sharp. Output is capped at 1024 px.

upscale_pixel_art input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "scale": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "maximum": 64,
      "minimum": 2
    },
    "image_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Public http(s) URL of a PNG or JPEG (max 4 MB, 2048x2048)"
    },
    "image_base64": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "PNG or JPEG as base64 (or a data: URL), if there is no public URL"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

list_palettes — List built-in palettes

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

List the built-in pixel art palettes and their colours.

list_palettes input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 910 ms
95th percentile latency: 910 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 2, 2026, 4:31 AM UTC · probe · passed · 910 ms · metadata changed · 5 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http pixel-art-mcp https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add pixel-art-mcp --url https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable pixel-art-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixel-art-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixel-art-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start pixel-art-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "pixel-art-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http pixel-art-mcp https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixel-art-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixel-art-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.simplepixelart.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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