# Paint MCP

> Use this tool when you need to generate digital art using standard shapes and freehand paths, or create realistic oil paintings with simulated color mixing and textured brush strokes. It solves problems of automated art creation and provides an interface for LLMs to input drawing commands and receive output images. Ideal for use cases requiring programmable graphic design or artistic content generation.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/joeyballentine-paint-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/joeyballentine-paint-mcp

## Description

Exposes a Pygame-based drawing canvas as an MCP server, allowing LLMs to create digital art using standard shapes and freehand paths. It features a specialized oil paint mode that simulates realistic color mixing, paint depletion, and textured brush strokes.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/kxai3qzrte)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/joeyballentine/paint-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "joeyballentine-paint-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/joeyballentine-paint-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/joeyballentine-paint-mcp/pull`

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