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Aseprite Live for Zed

io.github.oaktreegames/aseprite-live-mcp

Live+headless Aseprite MCP: Unity export, art-QA, tilemaps, in-editor dialogs, update-aware

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Aseprite Live in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "aseprite-live-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "aseprite-live-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND": "<ASEPRITE_MCP_BACKEND>",
        "ASEPRITE_PATH": "<ASEPRITE_PATH>",
        "ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL": "<ASEPRITE_RELAY_URL>",
        "ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<ASEPRITE_MCP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

Aseprite Live in other clients