get-sgf-infoLABSCO SUMMARY
Two tools, and the second one produces a picture you can actually look at.
Reading an SGF as text tells you almost nothing about the position; rendering it at move 4 or across a range is what makes a game record discussable. SVG output is worth choosing when the diagram is going somewhere it will be resized.
What it is
A server for SGF files, the standard format for Go game records. It extracts the game metadata from SGF content and renders board diagrams at a chosen move or move range.
What you get
- get-sgf-info — players, ranks, board size, komi, result, date and file format from SGF content
- get-sgf-diagram — a board diagram at a given move, or across a move range
- PNG or SVG output, returned as base64 with its MIME type
- Three themes — classic, modern and minimal — plus optional coordinate labels and move numbers
- Image size configurable from 100 to 2000 pixels per side, defaulting to 600
- Board size detected from the SGF content, covering the common 9x9, 13x13 and 19x19 boards
- Validation with detailed errors rather than a silent failure on malformed input
Requirements
npx and the package mcp-sgf, run over stdio, or a global npm install. No credentials. You pass the SGF content itself, so the file does not need to be reachable by the server.
Setup effort
One command — npx mcp-sgf
USE CASES
01
Finding out what a game record contains
Extract the players, their ranks, the board size, komi, result and date without parsing the file yourself.
02
Seeing the position at a specific move
Render the board at that move number, with coordinate labels on so you can talk about points.
03
Showing a sequence rather than a snapshot
Render a move range with move numbers on, so the order of play is visible in one image.
04
Producing a diagram for something that gets resized
Ask for SVG instead of PNG, and pick the theme that suits where it is going.
2 tools
Listed in project docs. Your client may show a different list.
get-sgf-diagramBEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools named in the project's documentation.
Requires
npx on PATH
Where it runs
The documented client runs the server on your machine.
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npx mcp-sgfMCP Clients
Claude Desktop
CLAUDE DESKTOP · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"sgf": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-sgf"
]
}
}
}
