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Texel MCP server

Your AI can design Minecraft skins and textures as code, render them to PNG, and get a review it can fix.

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Texel lets your AI make Minecraft textures by writing a small text file instead of drawing pixels by hand. It covers player skins, mobs, blocks, items, GUI pieces and more, and it checks its own work. It is handy if you play Minecraft, run a server, or just want custom skins without learning pixel art software.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to an app or service. This one connects your AI to Texel, a tool that turns a written description of a Minecraft texture into a real image file. So when you ask for a skin, your AI can actually build it, look at it, and improve it for you.

What this MCP server does

You describe the skin or texture you want in normal words. Your AI writes a small recipe file for it, with named colors and drawing steps for each part of the model. It hands that recipe to Texel, which turns it into the PNG image Minecraft reads. Texel also sends back a review: any mistakes, a score, and tips on what to fix. Your AI reads that and adjusts the recipe until you are happy, then saves the files.

What you can do with it

Design a classic or slim player skin from a description
Make textures for mobs, blocks, items, GUI pieces and particles
Add animation frames and glowing pixels to a texture
Get a review with fix hints and an art score for each attempt
Turn an existing skin image into an editable recipe
Build a full resource pack and check it for problems
Save the finished PNG files and the source file to a folder

Try asking your AI

“Make me a classic skin of a star wizard with a blue robe and a long grey beard”
“Design a zombie texture with a torn green shirt and glowing eyes”
“Turn this skin picture into an editable file so I can change the hair”
“Build a resource pack with all my team skins and check it works”

What it gives back to you

You get the finished PNG image and a review sheet showing the front, back and sides of the model. The review lists any errors with hints like did you mean cloth, plus a score from 0 to 100 and art advice. In some apps you also get an interactive 3D preview you can spin around.

Before you start

What you need

Node.js 20 or later installed on your computer
An MCP client such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Cursor
A folder where the skins should be saved

Good to know

It is a beta at version 0.9.0, and the recipe format may still change between releases, so keep your source files safe.

Install it with your AI

Add Texel MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Texel MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,361 MCP servers here for you.