Carbonara MCP. Turn code into beautiful, shareable images instantly
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Carbonara. Generates professional, social-media-ready screenshots of code snippets. It handles syntax highlighting, custom themes (like 'seti'), and adds window controls (macOS-style) directly from your AI agent.
Perfect for documentation, tutorials, and sharing clean, readable code without messy copy-pasting.
What your AI agents can do
Cook code image
Generates a styled PNG image of a code snippet based on the provided source code and formatting parameters.
The tool takes a code snippet and produces a single PNG image file of the code.
It renders code in various languages, automatically detecting the language or using a specified mapping.
You can choose themes, window styles, background colors, and add visual effects like drop shadows.
The tool lets you add line numbers and highlight specific lines of code to draw attention to key sections.
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Generates a styled PNG image of a code snippet based on the provided source code and formatting parameters.
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What you can do with this MCP connector
If you're trying to share code online, you gotta use Carbonara. This server lets your AI client generate professional, social-media-ready PNG screenshots of any code snippet. You don't gotta mess around with messy copy-pasting—it's clean, polished code for blogs, presentations, or team chats.
When you call cook_code_image, it takes your raw code and turns it into a styled image. It automatically handles syntax highlighting for various languages, or you can tell it exactly what language you're using. You can pick themes, like 'seti,' or set background colors and padding to match your brand's vibe.
You can also give the code a drop shadow for that extra pop.
Need to make the code look official? You can add macOS-style window controls—close, minimize, maximize buttons—and choose between sharp or rounded window styles. Want to draw attention to a specific section? You can toggle line numbers and highlight certain lines of code, and even change the font size or family for maximum readability.
This tool gives you total control over the output. You just feed it the code and the formatting parameters, and it spits out a single, high-quality PNG image. You'll get a consistently styled image every time.
How Carbonara MCP Works
- 1 Subscribe to the Carbonara server and provide your Base URL.
- 2 Ask your AI agent to generate the image, providing the code snippet and desired styling parameters (e.g., theme, line numbers, colors).
- 3 The agent invokes the
cook_code_imagetool and receives a base64 encoded PNG image of the styled code.
The bottom line is, your AI agent sends the code and style instructions to the server, which returns a finished PNG image.
Who Is Carbonara MCP For?
Technical writers need consistent, beautiful code illustrations for blog posts and documentation. Developers want to share clean, readable code on social media or in team chats without messy copy-pasting. Educators need clear, visual aids for programming tutorials and slides. If your job involves showing code, this is for you.
Creates consistent, visually appealing code illustrations for documentation and tutorials.
Shares clean, readable code snippets on social media or in team chats for quick review.
Generates clear visual aids for programming tutorials and lecture slides.
What Changes When You Connect
- Stop pasting code into plain text. Carbonara generates high-quality PNGs, ensuring your code looks professional everywhere, from blog posts to Slack. This is crucial for documentation.
- You maintain visual consistency across projects. By selecting custom themes like 'seti', all your code screenshots look like they belong to the same brand, regardless of the underlying language.
- Sharing code with Carbonara is simple. Your AI agent handles the entire process—you just ask it to 'cook' the snippet. No messy copy-pasting, no manual formatting.
- The tool handles complex styling automatically. Want drop shadows, line numbers, or a specific background color? Just ask for it; the server adds the visual effects.
- It supports advanced formatting options. You can tell the agent to highlight only lines 2 and 4, or to add macOS window controls, adding context beyond just the code.
Real-World Use Cases
Writing a Tutorial Blog Post
A technical writer needs to show how a Python function works. Instead of pasting raw code into the blog, they ask their agent to use Carbonara. The agent generates a PNG image, applying the 'seti' theme and visible line numbers. The result is a polished, professional illustration for the article.
Quick Team Code Review
A developer needs to share a React component for review in a team chat. They use Carbonara to render the component, specifying a blue background and a soft drop shadow. The resulting image is clean and easy to read, making the review process faster than copy-pasting.
Designing a Lecture Slide Deck
An educator is teaching SQL queries. They ask their agent to generate an image for the query, highlighting specific lines (say, lines 2 and 4) and adding window controls. The visual aid is clear and focused, making the complex logic immediately visible to the class.
Showcasing a Command Line Script
A developer finishes a complex shell script. They use Carbonara to generate an image of the code, ensuring the terminal window style is rendered correctly. This gives the output the context of a real execution environment, which is much better than just a plain text block.
The Tradeoffs
Pasting raw code blocks
Pasting code directly into a blog or chat. It often loses syntax highlighting, looks plain, and makes it hard to tell which lines are important.
→ Use Carbonara. Ask your agent to 'cook' the snippet. Specify the language and theme. The server returns a beautifully styled PNG image ready for publication.
Using generic code formatting tools
Using online formatters that don't support window controls or specific visual effects. These tools often look dated or lack the polish needed for high-end documentation.
→ Use Carbonara. You can specify window styling (macOS-style controls) and advanced effects like drop shadows, ensuring the image matches your desired aesthetic.
Manually adjusting screenshots
Taking a screenshot and then using image editing software to add highlights or borders. This is time-consuming and inconsistent across multiple articles.
→ Use Carbonara. Simply ask your agent to highlight the necessary lines or add line numbers. The server handles the entire visual adjustment automatically.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use Carbonara if your goal is to publish code snippets as high-quality, styled images for external consumption (blogs, docs, social media). You need the visual polish of syntax highlighting, custom themes, and window controls. Don't use it if you just need the raw code for further processing—you're better off letting your agent handle the copy/paste. If you need to generate images of non-code data (like JSON structures), you'll need a different tool.
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Available Capabilities
Code snippets should look like they belong in a professional journal, not a basic text editor.
Today, showing code means copy-pasting blocks into Markdown or a CMS. You lose the theme, the syntax highlighting often breaks, and the result looks generic. If you're documenting something, that raw block looks amateur.
With Carbonara, the process is simple: you ask your agent to cook the code. You specify the language and the theme. The agent sends the request, and you get a polished PNG image—ready to paste, no further work needed.
Carbonara MCP Server: Get beautiful, styled code images.
You eliminate the need to switch between a code editor, a screenshot tool, and an image editor. The agent handles the rendering, applying complex visual rules like drop shadows and line number toggles, all based on the code you provide.
The difference is control. You don't just get a picture; you get a fully styled artifact that matches your documentation's visual identity. It's the final step in the process, and it does it right.
Common Questions About Carbonara MCP
How do I use the Carbonara MCP Server to generate an image? +
You ask your AI client to use the cook_code_image tool. You need to provide the code snippet and tell the agent what styling you want (e.g., 'use the seti theme and add line numbers').
Does Carbonara support different programming languages? +
Yes. The server supports multiple languages. You can ask your agent to detect the language automatically, or you can specify the language mapping yourself.
Can I highlight specific lines using Carbonara? +
Yes. You can instruct the agent to highlight specific lines of code. This is useful for tutorials where you only want the reader to focus on a key piece of logic.
What is the best way to use Carbonara for documentation? +
Use Carbonara to create consistent, branded code images. Pick a theme that matches your documentation style, and always ensure you include window controls and drop shadows for a finished look.
Does Carbonara require me to set up local servers? +
No. You subscribe to the server and provide the Base URL to your AI client. The server handles the rendering process, and your agent just needs to make the call.
How does the `cook_code_image` tool handle various visual styles in Carbonara? +
The cook_code_image tool supports multiple visual styles. You can apply custom themes (like 'seti'), add drop shadows, and choose between sharp or rounded window controls for a polished look.
What should I do if my AI client has trouble connecting to the Carbonara MCP Server? +
If your AI client struggles to connect, first check your Base URL and ensure the server is running. You might need to verify the connectivity through your client's network settings.
Can Carbonara generate images for code written in non-standard or niche languages? +
Carbonara handles common languages well, but support for niche languages depends on the server's current configuration. You'll need to specify the language type when calling the cook_code_image tool.
Can I customize the syntax highlighting theme and font? +
Yes! You can use the theme parameter (e.g., 'seti') and fontFamily or fontSize to match your preferred style perfectly.
Is it possible to highlight specific lines of code in the image? +
Absolutely. Use the selectedLines parameter to provide a comma-separated list of line numbers (e.g., '3,5,6') that you want to emphasize.
Can I add window controls like the ones on macOS? +
Yes, by setting windowControls to true, the generated image will include the classic close, minimize, and maximize buttons.
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