# io.github.rxolve/artscii (npm · artscii)

LLMs can't draw. This MCP can. 81 arts + 100 kaomoji + diagrams + charts.

- Trust score: 62/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +17
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `artscii`: 62/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/rxolve-artscii/artscii.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/rxolve-artscii/artscii)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `artscii`
- Version: `0.6.1`
- 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**: 70/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects sharp 0.34.5, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (126 of 130), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 116 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 68/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1236 tokens (~123/item across 10 items; 10 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add rxolve-artscii -- npx -y artscii
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add rxolve-artscii -- npx -y artscii
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add rxolve-artscii --command npx --arg -y --arg artscii
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  rxolve-artscii:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "artscii"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rxolve-artscii": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "artscii"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 62, +3)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-08-02 (score 59, +39)

- [security regression] GHSA-f88m-g3jw-g9cj affects this package: high
- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security regression] Known CVEs: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 20, +15)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-07-31 (score 5, −40)

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

### 2026-07-27 (score 45)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `search` (~117 tokens)

Search ASCII art and kaomoji. Omit query to list all. Use random for a random entry. Use mode "categories" to list categories.

Input parameters:

- `mode` (string): Mode: "search" (default) or "categories" to list categories
- `query` (string): Search keyword (matches id, name, category, tags). Omit to list all.
- `random` (boolean): Return one random entry
- `type` (string): Filter by type: "art", "kaomoji", or "all"

### `get` (~34 tokens)

Get ASCII art by ID.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Art ID (e.g. "cat", "sun", "heart")

### `banner` (~74 tokens)

Render text as a large ASCII banner using FIGlet fonts. Great for CLI headers, welcome messages, and titles.

Input parameters:

- `font` (string): Font: Standard (default), Small (compact), Slant (italic), Big (bold), Mini (minimal)
- `text` (string, required): Text to render (max 50 chars)

### `kaomoji` (~86 tokens)

Get a kaomoji (Japanese text emoticon) by emotion or keyword. Perfect for inline text expressions.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Filter by category (e.g. "happy", "animals", "table-flip")
- `query` (string): Emotion or keyword (e.g. "happy", "sad", "cat", "shrug"). Omit for random.

### `frame` (~82 tokens)

Draw a box/frame around text. Styles: single, double, rounded, bold, ascii.

Input parameters:

- `align` (string): Text alignment
- `padding` (number): Inner padding (spaces)
- `style` (string): Border style
- `text` (string, required): Text to frame (supports multi-line)
- `title` (string): Optional title in the top border

### `chart` (~161 tokens)

Render data as ASCII charts. Types: progress (bar), sparkline (trend), heatmap (2D grid).

Input parameters:

- `colLabels` (array): Heatmap: column labels
- `data` (array): Heatmap: 2D array of numeric values
- `items` (array): Progress: multiple labeled bars
- `label` (string): Progress: label for single bar
- `percent` (number): Progress: completion % (0-100)
- `rowLabels` (array): Heatmap: row labels
- `style` (string): Visual style (varies by type)
- `type` (string, required): Chart type
- `values` (array): Sparkline: numeric values to chart
- `width` (number): Width in characters

### `compose` (~80 tokens)

Combine multiple text blocks side-by-side or stacked.

Input parameters:

- `align` (string): Vertical alignment for horizontal mode
- `blocks` (array, required): Text blocks to combine
- `gap` (number): Gap between blocks (spaces for horizontal, blank lines for vertical)
- `mode` (string): Layout mode
- `separator` (string): Separator string for vertical mode

### `animate` (~106 tokens)

Compose ASCII animations: combine any art with a motion. Motions: bounce, shake, blink, slide, reveal, fade, pulse, rain. Returns a bash script or raw frames.

Input parameters:

- `art` (string, required): Art ID (e.g. "heart", "cat", "trophy") or custom ASCII text
- `motion` (string, required): Motion type to apply
- `output` (string): "script" = bash script for terminal. "frames" = raw frame data.

### `convert` (~180 tokens)

Convert an image (URL or base64) to ASCII art. Modes: "ascii" (character ramp) or "braille" (2x4 dot grid, higher fidelity).

Input parameters:

- `base64` (string): Base64-encoded image data
- `contrast` (boolean): Apply auto-contrast
- `gamma` (number): Gamma correction
- `invert` (boolean): Invert brightness
- `mode` (string): Render mode: "ascii" (character ramp) or "braille" (Unicode dots, 8x resolution)
- `size` (string): Art size tier: "16" (simple, default), "32" (medium), "64" (detailed)
- `threshold` (number): Braille mode: brightness threshold for dot activation (0-1)
- `url` (string): Image URL to convert

### `diagram` (~316 tokens)

Generate ASCII diagrams: flowcharts, boxes, trees, tables, sequence, timeline, bar, class, ER, mindmap, and gantt.

Input parameters:

- `actors` (array): Sequence: list of actor names
- `classes` (array): Class: list of classes with name, properties, methods
- `entities` (array): ER: list of entities with name and attributes
- `events` (array): Timeline: list of events with label and description
- `headers` (array): Table: column headers
- `items` (array): Bar: list of items with label and numeric value
- `lines` (array): Box: body lines
- `maxWidth` (number): Bar: maximum bar width in characters (default 20)
- `messages` (array): Sequence: messages between actors
- `nodes` (array): Flowchart: list of step labels
- `relationships` (array): ER: relationships between entities (from, to, label like "1:N")
- `root`: Tree/Mindmap: root node with label and optional children
- `rows` (array): Table: data rows
- `style` (string): Border style: unicode (default), rounded, or ascii
- `tasks` (array): Gantt: tasks with label, start position, and duration
- `title` (string): Box: title text
- `type` (string, required): Diagram type
- `unitLabel` (string): Gantt: label for time units (e.g. "weeks", "sprints")

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 62
- 2026-08-02: 59
- 2026-08-01: 20
- 2026-07-31: 5
- 2026-07-30: 45
- 2026-07-28: 45
- 2026-07-27: 45

## Links

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