Aseprite Live MCP Server

Name: Aseprite Live MCP Server
Author: io.github.oaktreegames

io.github.oaktreegames/aseprite-live-mcp

Repository Registry

What is the Aseprite Live MCP server?

Live+headless Aseprite MCP: Unity export, art-QA, tilemaps, in-editor dialogs, update-aware

How to install Aseprite Live

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND
live (default) or headless
ASEPRITE_PATH
Path to the Aseprite executable (auto-detected if unset)
ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL
Relay HTTP base for the live backend (default http://127.0.0.1:9878)
ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK
Set to disable the daily PyPI update check

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aseprite-live-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "aseprite-live-mcp"
      ],
      "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aseprite-live-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "aseprite-live-mcp"
      ],
      "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aseprite-live-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "aseprite-live-mcp"
      ],
      "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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "aseprite-live-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "aseprite-live-mcp"
      ],
      "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 Code

claude mcp add aseprite-live-mcp --env ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND=<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND> --env ASEPRITE_PATH=<YOUR_ASEPRITE_PATH> --env ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL=<YOUR_ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL> --env ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=<YOUR_ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK> -- uvx aseprite-live-mcp