Genart MCP Server

What it does

Genart MCP Server connects AI coding agents to genart.dev's full generative art platform. With 33 tools, 4 resources, and 3 guided prompts, agents can create .genart sketch workspaces, author algorithms across five renderer types, tweak parameters and color palettes, capture headless screenshots, and export finished work — all without leaving the chat interface.

Key features

• Multi-renderer support — p5.js, Three.js, GLSL fragment shaders, Canvas2D, and SVG sketches in one workspace
• Full lifecycle management — create, fork, merge, arrange, and export sketches programmatically
• Headless capture — capture_screenshot returns an inline JPEG the AI can inspect and iterate on
• Design knowledge skills — load_skill surfaces built-in theory on composition, color, Gestalt principles, and animation
• Sidecar mode — IPC mutation bridge for real-time UI sync in Electron-based hosts

Installation

npm install -g @genart-dev/mcp-server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "genart": {
      "command": "genart-mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code Copilot (settings.json):

{
  "github.copilot.chat.mcp.servers": {
    "genart": {
      "command": "genart-mcp",
      "type": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "genart": { "command": "genart-mcp" }
  }
}

Codex CLI (.codex/config.toml):

[mcp_servers.genart]
command = "genart-mcp"

Supported hosts

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Cursor are all explicitly supported in the README.