# io.github.arikusi/nakkas (npm · nakkas)

MCP server that turns AI into an SVG artist. One rendering engine, AI decides everything.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +35
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `nakkas`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/arikusi-nakkas/nakkas.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/arikusi-nakkas/nakkas)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `nakkas`
- Version: `0.5.0`
- 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (108 of 112), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (108 of 112), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to arikusi/nakkas).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 20 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 55/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1805 tokens (~601/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 88/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 64% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add arikusi-nakkas -- npx -y nakkas
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add arikusi-nakkas -- npx -y nakkas
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add arikusi-nakkas --command npx --arg -y --arg nakkas
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  arikusi-nakkas:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "nakkas"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arikusi-nakkas": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nakkas"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 74, +59)

- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Provenance: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] The attested source repository moved: arikusi/nakkas
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → excellent
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-31 (score 15, +7)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 8, −16)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial

### 2026-07-28 (score 24, −15)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 39)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `render_svg` (~1128 tokens)

Render SVG

Render animated SVG from JSON config. AI controls all design parameters.

\**Workflow:** render_svg returns a PNG preview of the result plus an artifact id — critique the image, revise the config, render again. Iterate at least 3 times before finalizing. The SVG text stays on the server: pass the artifact id to save (and to preview for a different width).

\**output options (response shape, not content):** {"svg":false,"preview":true,"previewWidth":800,"minify":false,"frames":4} — all optional. minify:true collapses whitespace in the stored/saved SVG. frames:N (2-10) replaces the static preview with one filmstrip image sampling the CSS animations at N times — use it to verify motion (rotation direction, timing, easing) since a single preview only shows t=0. SMIL is not sampled.

\**Element types:** rect, circle, ellipse, line, polyline, polygon, path, image, text, textPath, group, use, radial-group, arc-group, grid-group, scatter-group, path-group, parametric

\**Pattern groups** (use for repetitive designs): radial-group (circular: cx, cy, radius, count), arc-group (arc: cx, cy, radius, count, startAngle, endAngle), grid-group (matrix: cols, rows, colSpacing, rowSpacing), scatter-group (random: width, height, count, seed), path-group (along polyline: waypoints, count). Each takes ONE "child" element. The child is drawn at the local origin and, with rotateChildren true (the default), rotates so local +x points outward from the center: draw spokes, rays and petals long along the x axis, never the y axis, or they render as a chord ring.

\**Parametric curves** (fn field): rose, heart, lissajous, spiral, star, superformula, epitrochoid, hypotrochoid, wave. Size via "scale" field. Server computes coordinates.

\**defs:** gradients (linear/radial, SMIL animated stops), filters (presets: glow, neon, blur, drop-shadow, glitch, chromatic-aberration, noise, outline, inner-shadow, emboss + 5 more), clipPaths, masks, patterns (tile fills), markers (arrowheads: triangle, arrow, circ…

Input parameters:

- `animations` (array)
- `canvas` (object, required)
- `defs` (object)
- `elements` (array, required)
- `output` (object)

### `preview` (~282 tokens)

Preview SVG

Render SVG content to a PNG image so the AI can visually inspect the output.

\**When to use:**
\- render_svg already returns a preview image by default; call this tool to re-preview a stored artifact at a different width, or to preview SVG that did not come from render_svg
\- Stop iterating when the visual result matches the intent

\**Input:** pass EITHER artifact (id from render_svg, e.g. "art-1" — preferred, no SVG resend) OR content (raw SVG string).

\**Behavior:**
\- Returns a PNG image (base64) rendered from the SVG
\- Background is transparent by default
\- CSS animations and SMIL are rendered as a static snapshot (t=0) — motion is not captured

\**Width:**
\- Omit width to use the SVG's own declared width/viewBox
\- Pass width to scale the output (useful for small SVGs that need a larger preview)

Input parameters:

- `artifact` (string): Artifact id returned by render_svg (e.g. "art-1"). Preferred over content.
- `content` (string): SVG string to render as PNG. Only needed when no artifact id exists.
- `format` (string): Content format; auto-detected from content if omitted
- `width` (number): Render width in pixels; defaults to SVG's own declared width

### `save` (~395 tokens)

Save Content

Save rendered content to disk. Format-aware: can save as text or render to raster image.

IMPORTANT: Use this only AFTER iterating on the design with render_svg's preview images.
Do not save on the first render. Preview and refine your work first.

\**Input:** pass EITHER artifact (id from render_svg, e.g. "art-1" — preferred, no SVG resend) OR content (raw string).

\**Format detection:**
\- 'auto' (default): infers format from file extension. .svg saves as text, .png renders to image.
\- 'svg': saves content as a UTF-8 text file
\- 'png': renders the content (assumed SVG) to a PNG image, then saves it

If the file already exists, a numeric counter is appended before the extension
to prevent overwriting: design.svg becomes design-1.svg, then design-2.svg.
The actual saved path is returned in the response.

Input parameters:

- `artifact` (string): Artifact id returned by render_svg (e.g. "art-1"). Preferred over content.
- `content` (string): Raw content to save. Only needed when the content did not come from render_svg.
- `format` (string): Output format. 'auto' infers from file extension (.svg saves as text, .png renders to image). 'svg' saves content as a UTF-8 text file. 'png' renders SVG content to a PNG image before saving.
- `outputPath` (string, required): File path to save to. The directory must already exist. If the file already exists, a numeric counter is appended before the extension: design.svg becomes design-1.svg, then design-2.svg, and so on.…
- `width` (number): For raster formats (png): render width in pixels. Defaults to the source content's own declared dimensions.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arikusi-nakkas/nakkas#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 74
- 2026-08-02: 74
- 2026-08-01: 15
- 2026-07-31: 15
- 2026-07-30: 8
- 2026-07-28: 24
- 2026-07-27: 39

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nakkas
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/nakkas
- Repository: https://github.com/arikusi/nakkas
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arikusi-nakkas/nakkas/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arikusi-nakkas/nakkas/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arikusi-nakkas/nakkas