@genart-dev/plugin-styles

Art styles and recipes design layer plugin for genart.dev — search art movements, get style recommendations, extract palettes, and apply recipe-based layer stacks to sketches via MCP tools. Powered by @genart-dev/styles.

Part of genart.dev — a generative art platform with an MCP server, desktop app, and IDE extensions.

Install

npm install @genart-dev/plugin-styles

Usage

import stylesPlugin from "@genart-dev/plugin-styles";
import { createDefaultRegistry } from "@genart-dev/core";

const registry = createDefaultRegistry();
registry.registerPlugin(stylesPlugin);

// Or access individual exports
import {
  referenceLayerType,
  styleMcpTools,
} from "@genart-dev/plugin-styles";

Layer Types (1)

Style Reference (styles:reference)

A non-rendering guide layer that displays the palette and metadata of the applied style recipe. Used by the agent to track which recipe is active on a sketch.

| Property | Type | Default | Description | |----------|------|---------|-------------| | styleId | string | "" | Movement/artist/media ID | | styleKind | string | "movement" | "movement", "artist", or "media" | | recipeId | string | "" | Applied recipe ID | | showPalette | boolean | true | Show color swatches on canvas | | showGuidance | boolean | false | Show agent guidance text |

MCP Tools (8)

All tools are available when the plugin is registered with the core registry.

search_styles

Search art movements, artist profiles, and media types by keyword, era, region, or tags.

{ "query": "japanese", "kind": "movement", "limit": 5 }

get_style

Get full details for a specific art movement, artist, or media type by ID.

{ "kind": "movement", "id": "impressionism" }

list_recipes

List available style recipes, optionally filtered by movement/artist/media, tags, or renderer.

{ "kind": "movement", "styleId": "impressionism" }

get_recipe

Get full details for a specific style recipe including layers, palette, and agent guidance.

{ "id": "impressionism-landscape" }

suggest_style

Given a natural language description of desired aesthetic, suggest matching art styles and recipes.

{ "prompt": "dark moody Japanese ink landscape" }

get_style_palette

Get the color palette(s) for a style movement or specific recipe.

{ "recipeId": "van-gogh-starry-night" }

get_style_timeline

Get a chronological timeline of art movements, optionally filtered by year range.

{ "from": 1850, "to": 1950 }

apply_style

Apply a style recipe by adding a styles:reference guide layer to the current sketch with palette and guidance.

{ "recipeId": "impressionism-landscape" }

Dependencies

• @genart-dev/core — plugin host, layer types, MCP tool interfaces
• @genart-dev/styles — art movements, artist profiles, media types, recipes

License

MIT