vectorizeLABSCO SUMMARY
An agent can produce a usable SVG from a raster image.
The clean-up calls are what make it more than a converter: after the trace, recolouring and palette reduction cost nothing, so the file can be brought to the shape you want without spending another credit.
What it is
The MCP server for svg.new, an AI image-to-SVG vectoriser. Conversion, background removal and batch runs cost credits; recolouring, simplifying and reading your history are free.
What you get
- An image converted to SVG, at 1 credit
- Several images processed as a batch at 1 credit each, with progress polled
- The background removed by AI, at 1 credit
- Colours changed in an existing SVG, free
- The colour palette reduced, free
- Your vectorisation history read back, free
Requirements
An svg.new API key as SVG_NEW_API_KEY in the client config. Runs from npx, and there is a Codex CLI install path as well.
Setup effort
One command plus a key — npx @svgnew/mcp, then supply credentials
USE CASES
01
Getting a logo out of a PNG somebody sent
Vectorise the image, then reduce the palette so the result is a file a designer can actually work on.
02
Recolouring a mark for a dark background
Change the colours in the SVG you already have — no re-trace and no credit.
03
Cutting a traced file down to something hand-editable
Reduce the number of colours, then recolour what is left, until the path count is workable.
04
Cleaning up a product shot before tracing it
Strip the background first so the vectoriser traces the subject rather than the room behind it.
05
Converting a folder of images in one go
Submit them as a batch and poll the progress, instead of issuing one call per file and waiting on each.
06
Finding something you converted last week
Read the history back rather than re-tracing an image you have already paid to convert.
7 tools
Listed in project docs. Your client may show a different list.
recolor_svgsimplify_svgremove_backgroundbatch_vectorizeget_batch_statuslist_vectorizationsBEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
7 tools named in the project's documentation.
Requires
- npx on PATH
- SVG_NEW_API_KEY in your environment
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npx @svgnew/mcpMCP Clients
Claude Code, Claude Desktop
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"svg-new": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@svgnew/mcp"
],
"env": {
"SVG_NEW_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SVG_NEW_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cursor, Windsurf
Add to your MCP settings with the configuration under MCP Clients.
Codex
CODEX · TERMINAL
codex mcp add svg-new --env SVG_NEW_API_KEY=<YOUR_SVG_NEW_API_KEY> -- npx -y @svgnew/mcp
