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ASCII
ART
MCP

An MCP server that gives AI direct access to a curated ASCII & Unicode art database. No API keys. No external services.

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// the proof
AI ALONE
VS MY MCP
AI without context 
        ██████████          
      ██          ██        
    ██   ██    ██   ██      
    ██              ██      
    ██   ████████   ██      
      ██   ████   ██        
        ██      ██          
    ████  ██████  ████      
   █  ██████████████  █     
   █  ██  YABBA  ██  █     
      ██   DOO!  ██        
      ██          ██        
    ████          ████
Prompt: "draw Fred Flintstone"
VS
✓ With ascii-art-mcp 
  \/________________        
 /     _____________)
/     /     /   \ |         
\/\/\/     (O) (O)|           
  |           ------, 
  |  _       ______/ 
  | (_      /   \  \
  |        /  ___\_ \       
  |        \      / / 
__|_________\______/ 
\______________\./__ 
 /     .       | \  |
 \    /_\   .  |  \ |\
Same prompt — MCP served the real art
// what it does
FEATURES
⚡

Zero Setup

No API keys, no external services. All data travels directly into the AI's context via MCP.

🔌

Universal

Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, LM Studio, and any MCP-compatible client.

📦

npm ready

Install with npx ascii-art-mcp or add it to your project directly.

🗂

MCP Registry

Published on the official Model Context Protocol Registry for automatic discovery.

// exposed tools
MCP TOOLS
get_ascii_art Find an art entry by exact name or alias query: string
search_ascii Search entries by category, tags, or both categoria · tag
random_ascii Return a random entry, optionally filtered by type ascii | unicode
list_categories List all unique categories in the database no input
// get started
INSTALL
$ npx ascii-art-mcp
$ npm install ascii-art-mcp
$ git clone https://github.com/theduodecim/ascii-art-mcp