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BizHawk Emulator MCP

by KanonZombie

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Instructions

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Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
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Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
emulator_statusB

Return emulator status for a target: system, frame, screen size.

emulator_bridge_infoC

Return bridge.lua version and advertised capabilities for a target.

emulator_stepC

Advance the emulator by N neutral/released frames. Max 600 per call.

emulator_tapC

Tap one button with neutral frames before and after.

emulator_holdB

Hold one button for N frames without releasing afterward.

emulator_releaseC

Release all known buttons for N frames.

emulator_resetB

Reboot the emulator core and settle with neutral input for N frames.

emulator_screenshotC

Save a screenshot for a target and return its path.

emulator_save_stateC

Save a BizHawk state under the target runtime states directory.

emulator_load_stateC

Load a BizHawk state from the target runtime states directory.

emulator_create_baselineC

Alias for saving a named baseline state under runtime//states.

emulator_load_baselineC

Alias for loading a named baseline state from runtime//states.

emulator_buttonsC

Return current BizHawk joypad button names/states.

emulator_read_memoryC

Read a memory range and return its bytes as an uppercase hex string.

emulator_gb_gpu_snapshotC

Dump raw GB DMG GPU data and optionally render diagnostic PNG panels.

gb_gpu_snapshotC

Legacy-short alias for emulator_gb_gpu_snapshot(target='gb').

emulator_run_scenarioC

Run a JSON scenario file against a target.

emulator_run_pair_scenarioC

Run paired GB and MD scenarios and collect their outputs without visual diffing.

emulator_build_pair_contact_sheetC

Rebuild a pair contact sheet from an existing pair_summary.json.

emulator_build_pair_diffsC

Rebuild canonical crop diffs and the contact sheet from an existing pair_summary.json.

bizhawk_statusD

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_status.

bizhawk_bridge_infoC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_bridge_info.

bizhawk_stepC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_step.

bizhawk_tapC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_tap.

bizhawk_holdD

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_hold.

bizhawk_releaseC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_release.

bizhawk_resetC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_reset.

bizhawk_pressA

Legacy GB alias for tap(button, hold_frames=frames, release_frames=2).

bizhawk_screenshotC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_screenshot.

bizhawk_save_stateD

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_save_state.

bizhawk_load_stateC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_load_state.

bizhawk_create_baselineC

GB-compatible alias for saving a named baseline state.

bizhawk_load_baselineC

GB-compatible alias for loading a named baseline state.

bizhawk_read_memoryC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_read_memory.

bizhawk_run_sequenceC

GB-compatible sequence runner.

bizhawk_run_scenarioC

GB-compatible wrapper for emulator_run_scenario.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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