Aseprite_MCP: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

Aseprite_MCP CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from ZhangDongyang800/Aseprite_MCP. It costs 2,098 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for Aseprite_MCP, a server that lets an AI create pixel art in Aseprite, a pixel-art editor. They cover installation, running the project, its architecture, and tests.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when installing, changing, or testing the Aseprite MCP server, including its Python server, Lua scripts, drawing tools, and end-to-end tests.
Why use it?
They give an agent the repository-specific information needed to work on the project and run the right tests, including tests that do not require Aseprite itself.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is ZhangDongyang800/Aseprite_MCP's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on Aseprite_MCP itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything Aseprite_MCP configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to ZhangDongyang800/Aseprite_MCP. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
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CLAUDE.md · 135 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

Aseprite MCP Server — an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI create pixel art in Aseprite. It exposes 49 tools via FastMCP, each backed by a Lua script that runs inside Aseprite either through CLI subprocess (aseprite -b) or via a WebSocket bridge to a running Aseprite instance.

Install & Run

pip install -e .

Run Tests

# All tests (unit, fast)
pytest

# All tests with verbose output
pytest -v

# Specific test file
pytest tests/test_draw_tools.py -v

# Single test
pytest tests/test_draw_tools.py::test_draw_pixel -v

# Exclude e2e tests (require real Aseprite)
pytest -m "not e2e"

# Run e2e only
pytest -m e2e

Tests live in tests/ and use mock runners (mock_runner fixture in conftest.py) to avoid requiring Aseprite. Markers: e2e for tests requiring a real Aseprite installation.

Architecture

Dual-Mode Execution

                    ┌─────────────────────┐
                    │    Python MCP Server │ (FastMCP)
                    │      server.py       │
                    └──────┬──────┬────────┘
                           │      │
              CLI mode     │      │  Live/WebSocket mode
              (subprocess) │      │
                           ▼      ▼
                    ┌──────────┬──────────────┐
                    │AsepriteRunner│WebSocketRunner│
                    │  (runner.py)  │  (runner.py)  │
                    └──────┬───────┴──────┬───────┘
                           │              │
                           ▼              ▼ (via bridge.py)
                    aseprite -b        WebSocketBridge
                    --script x.lua     (ws://127.0.0.1:9001)
                           │              │
                           ▼              ▼
                      Lua scripts    extension/main.lua
                      (scripts/)     (inside Aseprite)

Read the full file on GitHub · 135 lines

Changes

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Aseprite_MCP CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository ZhangDongyang800/Aseprite_MCP (7 stars, last pushed 27d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,098 tokens to every session, about $0.0105 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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