What can you do with this server?

artscii is an MCP server for ASCII art generation, search, and manipulation. Here's what you can do: * Search & Browse: Search ASCII art and kaomoji by keyword, type (art, kaomoji, all), or category; list all available arts with metadata; or browse available categories * Get Art: Retrieve a specific ASCII art piece by ID, or get a random one * Kaomoji: Fetch Japanese text emoticons by emotion, keyword, or category (e.g. happy, sad, animals, table-flip), or get a random one * Banners: Render text as large ASCII art banners using FIGlet fonts (Standard, Small, Slant, Big, Mini) * Image Conversion: Convert images (via URL or base64) to ASCII art with options for size, invert, contrast, and gamma correction; optionally save the result as a new art entry * Submit Custom Art: Add new user-defined ASCII art to the store with name, category, tags, content, size tier, and description * Delete Art: Remove previously submitted (user-created) ASCII art by ID (built-in arts are protected)

Which integrations are available for this server?

Enables Discord bots to react with expressive kaomoji and ASCII art that match the conversation mood, eliminating the need for custom emoji uploads. Enables Slack bots to react with expressive kaomoji and ASCII art that match the conversation mood, eliminating the need for custom emoji uploads.

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artscii

by rxolve

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TypeScript

Remote

artscii

npm

LLMs can't draw. This MCP can.

ASCII art, kaomoji, animations, diagrams, charts, image conversion & procedural characters — 11 focused tools for AI agents.

81 curated arts × 12 motions = 972 terminal animations. 153,600 unique procedural characters from a single seed. Plus 100 kaomoji, 11 diagram types, FIGlet banners, and image-to-ASCII with braille mode.

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Install

Claude Code — one command:

claude mcp add artscii -- npx -y artscii

Claude Desktop — add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "artscii": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "artscii"] } } }

Cursor — add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "artscii": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "artscii"] } } }

VS Code — search @mcp artscii in Extensions panel, or add to settings.json:

{ "mcp": { "servers": { "artscii": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "artscii"] } } } }

MCP Tools

Tool	Parameters	Description
`search`	`query?`, `type?`, `random?`, `mode?`	Search art + kaomoji. Omit query to list all
`get`	`id`	Get art by ID
`kaomoji`	`query?`, `category?`	Get kaomoji by emotion. Omit for random
`banner`	`text`, `font?`	Render large ASCII text (FIGlet, 5 fonts)
`frame`	`text`, `style?`, `padding?`, `align?`, `title?`	Draw box/frame around text (5 styles)
`chart`	`type`, ...	Data visualization: progress, sparkline, heatmap
`animate`	`art`, `motion`, `output?`	Compose art + motion → terminal animation
`character`	`seed`, `species?`, `eyes?`, `mouth?`, `hat?`, `accessory?`, `mood?`, `size?`	Generate unique ASCII character from seed
`compose`	`blocks`, `mode?`, `gap?`, `align?`	Combine text blocks side-by-side or stacked
`convert`	`url?`, `base64?`, `mode?`, `size?`, ...	Image → ASCII (ascii or braille mode)
`diagram`	`type`, ...	Generate ASCII diagrams (11 types)

Box Frames

Draw borders around any text with 5 styles:

┌───────┐   ╔═══════╗   ╭───────╮   ┏━━━━━━━┓   +-------+
│ hello │   ║ hello ║   │ hello │   ┃ hello ┃   | hello |
└───────┘   ╚═══════╝   ╰───────╯   ┗━━━━━━━┛   +-------+
 single      double      rounded       bold        ascii

Options: padding, align (left/center/right), title in top border.

Charts

Unified chart tool with 3 types: progress, sparkline, heatmap.

Progress:   ███████████████░░░░░ 75%
Sparkline:  ▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█▇▅▃▁
Heatmap:     A B C
           X ░▒█
           Y ▓░▒

Animations

Compose any art (noun) with a motion (verb) to create terminal animations. 81 arts × 12 motions = 972 combinations. Custom text works too.

animate("apple", "bounce")     → bouncing apple
animate("trophy", "progress")  → trophy rides a progress bar 0→100%
animate("lock", "reveal")      → line-by-line reveal
animate("GAME OVER", "blink")  → blinking custom text

Motions: bounce, shake, blink, slide, reveal, fade, pulse, rain, progress, wave, jump, talk

Output: script (bash for terminal playback) or frames (raw data)

Character

Procedural ASCII character generator. One seed → one unique character. 153,600 standard combinations (16 species × 10 eyes × 8 mouths × 10 hats × 12 accessories).

character("alice")                   character("bob", mood: "happy")

   ____                                  /\_/\
  ]==== )                                ( ^ ^ )
  _____                                  ( u )
 / * * \                                  \_^_/
|   u   |
 \_____/
  |||||
   ~~o=o~~

Species: blob, cat, bear, robot, bird, bunny, ghost, alien, fox, frog, penguin, octopus, dragon, mushroom, cactus, skull

Mood presets: happy, sad, angry, surprised, sleepy, cool, love, silly — sets eyes+mouth in one param. Explicit eyes/mouth still override.

Mini mode: 2-line inline characters for chat and status lines.

mini blob: (^ ^)    mini cat: /^ ^\    mini robot: [^ ^]
            (u)                >u<                  [u]

Same seed always produces the same character. Output works directly with the animate tool — try wave, jump, or talk motions.

Compose

Combine multiple text blocks horizontally (side-by-side) or vertically (stacked):

┌───┐ ┌───┐         ┌───┐
│ A │ │ B │         │ A │
└───┘ └───┘         └───┘
 horizontal          ---
                    ┌───┐
                    │ B │
                    └───┘
                    vertical

Options: gap, align (top/middle/bottom), separator (vertical mode).

Image Conversion

Convert images (URL or base64) to ASCII art. Two render modes:

ascii — character ramp ( .:-=+*#%@), classic look
braille — Unicode braille dots (⠿), 8x resolution per character

Options: size (16/32/64), invert, contrast, gamma, threshold (braille).

Diagrams

11 diagram types with unicode, rounded, and ascii border styles.

Type	Required fields	Output
`flowchart`	`nodes`	Vertical flow with `│` `▼` connectors
`box`	`title`, `lines`	Title + separator + body
`tree`	`root` (`{label, children?}`)	`├──` `└──` hierarchy
`table`	`headers`, `rows`	Column-aligned grid
`sequence`	`actors`, `messages`	Actor lifelines with arrows
`timeline`	`events`	Vertical `●` `│` event list
`bar`	`items`, `maxWidth?`	Horizontal `█` bar chart
`class`	`classes`	UML class with properties/methods
`er`	`entities`, `relationships`	Entity-relationship diagram
`mindmap`	`root`	Horizontal mind map tree
`gantt`	`tasks`, `unitLabel?`	Gantt chart with timelines

┌─────────┐    ╭──────────╮    ┌──────┬───────┐    src
│  Start  │    │  Status  │    │ Name │ Score │    ├── index.ts
└────┬────┘    ├──────────┤    ├──────┼───────┤    └── diagram.ts
     │         │ Line 1   │    │ A    │ 95    │
     ▼         │ Line 2   │    │ B    │ 87    │
┌─────────┐    ╰──────────╯    └──────┴───────┘
│   End   │
└─────────┘
 flowchart       box              table              tree

Class Diagram

{ "type": "class", "classes": [
  { "name": "Animal", "properties": ["+ name: string"], "methods": ["+ speak(): void"] },
  { "name": "Dog", "properties": ["+ breed: string"], "methods": ["+ bark(): void"] }
]}

┌──────────────────┐
│      Animal       │
├──────────────────┤
│ + name: string   │
├──────────────────┤
│ + speak(): void  │
└──────────────────┘
         ▲
         │
┌──────────────────┐
│       Dog         │
├──────────────────┤
│ + breed: string  │
├──────────────────┤
│ + bark(): void   │
└──────────────────┘

Gantt Chart

{ "type": "gantt", "tasks": [
  { "label": "Design", "start": 0, "duration": 3 },
  { "label": "Develop", "start": 2, "duration": 5 },
  { "label": "Test", "start": 5, "duration": 3 }
], "unitLabel": "weeks" }

            0   2   4   6   8 weeks
            ┼────────────────────
Design      ████████
Develop         █████████████████
Test                 ████████████

Banner

Render text as large ASCII art using FIGlet fonts: Standard, Small, Slant, Big, Mini.

Size Tiers

Each art is stored at its minimum identifiable size.

Tier	Dimensions	For
16w	16 x 8	Icons, symbols, simple shapes
32w	32 x 16	Animal silhouettes, emoji
64w	64 x 32	Detailed scenes (rare)

Kaomoji

100 curated entries across 26 categories. Source: kao.moji (MIT).

Category	Examples
happy	`(◕‿◕)` `◉‿◉` `(≧◡≦)`
sad	`(ಥ﹏ಥ)` `╥﹏╥` `(;﹏;)`
angry	`ಠ_ಠ` `(¬_¬)` `눈_눈`
love	`♡＾▽＾♡` `(•ө•)♡` `✿♥‿♥✿`
confused	`¯\_(ツ)_/¯` `◔_◔` `(・・?)`
animals	`ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ` `ฅ•ω•ฅ` `(•ㅅ•)`
table-flip	`(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻` `┬─┬ノ(ಠ_ಠノ)`
+ 19 more	excited, greeting, celebrate, hug, surprised, sleepy, nervous, wink, magic, laughing, determined, eating, dancing, hopeful, jealous, ...

License

MIT. Art icons from game-icons.net (CC BY 3.0, Lorc & Delapouite).

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