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Pixelsmith
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- AI workflow
- An agent connected over MCP can create sprites, draw, animate, and export them, with a PNG preview returned after each tool step.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Animation
- It supports keyframe animation and procedural motion styles including breathe, bob, sway, walk, recoil, swing, float, pulse, and shake.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Export
- It can export GIFs, APNGs, and packed spritesheets.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Exports
- The project says it can export GIF, APNG, and packed spritesheets.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The README provides MCP setup examples for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, and generic MCP clients.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker recommends it for agents making sprites or developers building on a headless sprite engine, and says it is not intended as a mouse-driven drawing-app replacement.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Known gaps
- The README says Pixelsmith lacks linked cels, free-transform, tilemaps, and a substantial brush engine; undo is in-memory per document.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository states that Pixelsmith is licensed under MIT.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Defaults include a 512-pixel maximum canvas edge, 256 frames per document, 64 layers per document, and 600 tool calls per minute.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Local editor
- The browser editor runs locally at http://localhost:5173 after cloning the repository, installing dependencies, and running npm run dev.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Maturity
- The README describes version 0.1 as a prototype and says the package is not yet published to npm.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Notable omissions
- The README says it has no linked cels, free-transform, tilemaps, or substantial brush engine, and that undo is per-document and in-memory.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Preview
- Every create, draw, transform, and export tool returns a base64 PNG preview alongside its text.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Pixelsmith is a pixel-art sprite editor and animation engine designed for AI agents to control over MCP.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Reference images
- Reference images can be added for an agent to inspect through an MCP resource; the configured input directory is the only directory from which reference images may be read.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- References
- Reference images can be added from the configured input directory and read by an agent through an MCP resource.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Security boundary
- The MCP server is configured to touch only its workspace, and reference images may be read only from its configured input directory.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Status
- The project describes itself as version 0.1 and a prototype, and says it is not yet published to npm.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
