vibe-tide-mcp-server

An MCP server that exposes tools to create, edit, visualize (ASCII/PNG), decode, and play VibeTide 2D platformer levels (including tile-level editing and metadata management) via the Model Context Protocol.

Evaluated Apr 04, 2026 (19d ago)
Homepage ↗ Repo ↗ DevTools mcp model-context-protocol level-editor game-content-generation level-visualization python fastmcp
⚙ Agent Friendliness
52
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
41
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
26
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
55
Documentation
60
Error Messages
0
Auth Simplicity
90
Rate Limits
10

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
60
Auth Strength
20
Scope Granularity
20
Dep. Hygiene
55
Secret Handling
60

MCP deployment appears client-local (no auth described). No evidence is provided regarding TLS, secret handling practices, rate limiting, or input sanitization. Dependencies include fastmcp/mcp and Pillow; no CVE/status details are available from the provided data.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
0
Version Stability
35
Breaking Changes
30
Error Recovery
40
AF Security Reliability

Use Cases

  • • Programmatically generate VibeTide level layouts for experimentation
  • • Edit existing levels by tile, row, or full level replacement
  • • Render level previews as ASCII or PNG images
  • • Decode levels from sharing URLs for reconstruction
  • • Produce playable links/URLs for generated levels
  • • Update gameplay-related metadata (e.g., difficulty/spawn-related properties)

Not For

  • • Running as a general-purpose game backend with public HTTP endpoints
  • • Hosting untrusted user content without additional sandboxing/validation
  • • Use cases requiring strong enterprise auth/authorization or audit logging (not evidenced)

Interface

REST API
No
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
Yes
SDK
No
Webhooks
No

Authentication

OAuth: No Scopes: No

No authentication mechanism is described in the provided README content; MCP is configured locally in the client configuration via command/args/env.

Pricing

Free tier: No
Requires CC: No

README badges mention PyPI/Smithery, but no pricing/free-tier details are provided.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
none
Idempotent
False
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • ⚠ Tool inputs/outputs and error contracts are not fully specified in the provided content; agents may need to infer parameter names/types from examples.
  • ⚠ Several functions appear to take an encoded_level or sharing URL; agents should validate encoding/length/format before edits.
  • ⚠ No explicit guidance is shown for idempotency or retry behavior for mutating operations like create/edit.

Alternatives

Any MCP server frameworks (e.g., fastmcp/mcp-based) with custom VibeTide tooling A direct Python/CLI library for VibeTide level generation/editing (if available separately) Custom integration via VibeTide web player share/decode endpoints (if documented)

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