How to Use the Carbonara MCP in Cline

Give Cline the ability to generate styled code screenshots. This MCP Server turns raw text into beautiful PNGs right inside VS Code.

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Visual Documentation via Cline

Writing documentation usually means stopping your workflow to take manual screenshots. Now your MCP client does it for you. You ask for a feature summary, and the tool builds the visual assets alongside the text. The `cook_code_image` tool takes the exact block of code your agent just wrote and styles it. It applies syntax highlighting and window controls before returning the image data.

Write Base64 Directly to Disk

VS Code agents excel at file manipulation. When this MCP server returns a base64 string, your client knows exactly how to decode it and save it as a valid PNG file in your workspace. Tell your agent to build a new component and create a visual preview for the pull request. It writes the React code, calls the image generator, and commits the resulting graphic into your assets folder.

Programmable Snippet Styling

Nobody wants identical graphics for every project. The generation tool accepts parameters for different themes and layout preferences. You just describe how you want the output to look. Instruct your agent to use a dark background with macOS window buttons, and it formats the request perfectly.

Setup guide

Set up Carbonara MCP in Cline

Prerequisites

VS Code with Cline extension installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open Cline MCP settings

Click the Cline icon in the VS Code sidebar to open the Cline panel. Then click the MCP Servers icon (server stack) at the top-right corner of the panel.
2

Add a remote server

Click "Remote Servers" at the top, then click "Add Remote MCP". In the Name field, type carbonara-mcp. In the URL field, paste your Vinkius endpoint: https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp. Get your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Enable the server

After saving, the server appears in the Cline MCP panel. Toggle the switch to enable it. The status indicator turns green when the connection is live.
4

Start using tools

Return to the Cline chat and ask: "Check my latest Carbonara refund status." Cline will discover the available tools and request your approval before invoking each one — giving you full control over every action.

Cline MCP Settings

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carbonara-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Carbonara MCP in Cline

Open your sidebar and click the server icon. You can install it via the Marketplace tab or add the remote URL directly to your cline_mcp_settings.json file.

Yes, it handles this perfectly. Just tell your agent to write the PR description and generate styled snippets of the most critical changes.

Your VS Code agent decodes the string locally. It then writes the resulting binary data to a new PNG file in your project directory.

The syntax highlighter auto-detects most common languages. You can also force a specific language by including it in your prompt.

Every request hits a zero-trust Vinkius container. The raw code text you send is rendered into a graphic and wiped from memory instantly. We never log your proprietary logic.

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