# app.creatica/backgrounds (npm · @creatica/mcp)

Deterministic procedural SVG/PNG backgrounds: 58 generators, curated palettes, brand kits.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +1
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-25

## Components

- remote · `api.creatica.app`: 74/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-creatica-backgrounds/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-creatica-backgrounds/api)
- npm · `@creatica/mcp`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-creatica-backgrounds/creatica-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-creatica-backgrounds/creatica-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@creatica/mcp`
- Version: `0.1.3`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-25.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 88/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects image-size 1.2.1, reached via @creatica/engine > svgdom > image-size. A fixed version is available.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 76 of 156 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 18 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 787 tokens (~157/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 63/100
  - Stability observed for 19 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the app.creatica/backgrounds MCP server?

app.creatica/backgrounds runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @creatica/mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add app-creatica-backgrounds -- npx -y @creatica/mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-creatica-backgrounds": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@creatica/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "app-creatica-backgrounds": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@creatica/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add app-creatica-backgrounds -- npx -y @creatica/mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "app-creatica-backgrounds": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@creatica/mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add app-creatica-backgrounds --command npx --arg -y --arg @creatica/mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  app-creatica-backgrounds:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@creatica/mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "app-creatica-backgrounds": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@creatica/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add app-creatica-backgrounds -t stdio -c npx -a -y @creatica/mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-creatica-backgrounds": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@creatica/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-25 (score 71, −2)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-22 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-20 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 69, +5)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.30

### 2026-09-07 (score 64, +25)

- [security regression] CVE-2025-71329 affects this package
- [security regression] CVE-2025-71330 affects this package
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → 0.76

### 2026-09-06 (score 39)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `list_backgrounds` (~128 tokens)

List backgrounds

Browse the catalog of background structures. Optionally filter by a free-text query, tag or mood word. Returns name, one-line summary, mood, use cases and a preview URL for each.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (default 100).
- `mood` (string): A mood word, e.g. dark, playful, minimal, retro.
- `query` (string): Free text, e.g. "calm waves" or "geometric poster".
- `tag` (string): A style tag, e.g. geometric, organic, grid, gradient.

Output parameters:

- `backgrounds` (array)
- `count` (number): Number of backgrounds returned.

### `suggest_backgrounds` (~90 tokens)

Suggest backgrounds for a brief

Rank structures for a natural-language brief ("dark aurora glow for an AI landing page"). Returns why each matched, matching built-in palettes, and a ready-to-run example request for generate_background.

Input parameters:

- `brief` (string, required): What the background is for, in plain words: subject, mood, colours, where it goes.
- `limit` (integer): How many suggestions to return (default 5).

Output parameters:

- `suggestions` (array): Best match first.

### `describe_background` (~97 tokens)

Describe a background

Full style card for one structure: what it looks like, mood, where text can go, tips, and every parameter it honours with ranges, defaults and the visual effect of low/high values. Also returns the JSON Schema for a generate request.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string): markdown (default) is best for reading; json includes the JSON Schema.
- `name` (string, required): Structure name from list_backgrounds, e.g. "wave".

Output parameters:

- `card` (string): markdown format: the style card as Markdown.
- `description` (object): json format: the structured description.
- `format` (string): Which form was returned.
- `jsonSchema` (object): json format: JSON Schema for a generate request.
- `name` (string): Structure id.

### `list_palettes` (~66 tokens)

List palettes

Built-in curated colour palettes with their hex colours and derived mood tags (dark, pastel, vivid, warm, cool…). Pass the id as palette.palette to generate_background.

Input parameters:

- `mood` (string): Filter by a mood tag, e.g. "dark" or "pastel".

Output parameters:

- `count` (number): Number of palettes returned.
- `palettes` (array)

### `generate_background` (~276 tokens)

Generate a background

Render a background as SVG or PNG. Deterministic: the same structure, options and seed always give the same image, so store the returned seed. Returns the image inline (PNG previews are visible to you); pass saveTo to also write the file to disk. Call describe_background first to learn which shape options the structure honours.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string): png (default) returns a viewable image; svg returns the vector source.
- `height` (integer): Frame height in px. Defaults to the native size.
- `palette` (object): Colour choices: explicit hex colours, a built-in palette id, or a primary colour to derive from.
- `pngWidth` (integer): Raster width for PNG output/preview. Defaults to the render width, capped for inline previews.
- `saveTo` (string): Local file path to write the result to (extension decides svg/png if format is omitted).
- `seed` (string): Any string. Omit for a fresh random seed (returned in the result).
- `shape` (object): Structure-specific options; call describe_background for the exact keys, ranges and what they do.
- `structure` (string, required): Structure name, e.g. "wave".
- `width` (integer): Frame width in px. Defaults to the structure's native size (see describe_background).

Output parameters:

- `bytes` (number): Local only: bytes written to disk.
- `format` (string): Delivered format.
- `height` (number): Render height in px.
- `hint` (string): Hosted, no API key: how to get permanent URLs.
- `note` (string): Anything else worth knowing.
- `renderMs` (number): Render time in milliseconds.
- `request` (object): Resolved request incl. seed; replay it to reproduce or tweak.
- `savedTo` (string): Local only: absolute path the file was written to.
- `seed` (string|number): Seed used; reuse it to reproduce the exact image.
- `structure` (string): Structure that was rendered.
- `svgBytes` (number): Size of the SVG source in bytes.
- `svgUrl` (string): Hosted only: permanent URL of the SVG source.
- `url` (string): Hosted only: permanent, cacheable image URL in the requested format.
- `warnings` (array): Options that were ignored or clamped, and why.
- `width` (number): Render width in px.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Vulnerabilities, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-creatica-backgrounds/creatica-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-25: 71
- 2026-09-24: 73
- 2026-09-23: 72
- 2026-09-22: 72
- 2026-09-21: 71
- 2026-09-20: 71
- 2026-09-19: 70
- 2026-09-18: 70
- 2026-09-17: 70
- 2026-09-16: 69
- 2026-09-15: 69
- 2026-09-14: 64
- 2026-09-13: 64
- 2026-09-12: 64
- 2026-09-11: 64
- 2026-09-10: 64
- 2026-09-09: 64
- 2026-09-08: 64
- 2026-09-07: 64
- 2026-09-06: 39

## Common questions

### What is the app.creatica/backgrounds MCP server?

app.creatica/backgrounds is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as app.creatica/backgrounds. Deterministic procedural SVG/PNG backgrounds: 58 generators, curated palettes, brand kits. This page covers its npm package (@creatica/mcp).

### Is the app.creatica/backgrounds MCP server safe to use?

app.creatica/backgrounds scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 2 known advisories against it as of 25 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the app.creatica/backgrounds MCP server expose?

app.creatica/backgrounds exposes 5 tools: list_backgrounds, suggest_backgrounds, describe_background, list_palettes, generate_background. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 657 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the app.creatica/backgrounds MCP server still maintained?

app.creatica/backgrounds is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the app.creatica/backgrounds MCP server under?

app.creatica/backgrounds declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@creatica/mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@creatica/mcp
- Website: https://creatica.app/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-creatica-backgrounds/creatica-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-creatica-backgrounds/creatica-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-creatica-backgrounds/creatica-mcp