MCP.directory
Cowsay

Cowsay

mrseanchow

Creates ASCII art speech and thought bubbles with customizable characters like cows, penguins, and dragons. Adds fun visual flair to text messages and conversations.

Generates ASCII art speech and thought bubbles using the cowsay library with 9 character variants including tux, dragon, elephant, and skeleton for adding whimsical text formatting to conversations.

1247 views2Local (stdio)
other
GitHub

What it does

  • Generate ASCII art speech bubbles with custom messages
  • Create thought bubble ASCII art
  • Choose from 9 different characters including tux, dragon, elephant
  • List available character variants

Best for

Adding humor to chat conversationsCreating fun terminal output in developmentGenerating ASCII art for documentation or presentations
9 character variants availableClassic Unix cowsay functionality

About Cowsay

Cowsay is a community-built MCP server published by mrseanchow that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Create fun conversations with Cowsay, an ASCII art generator with 9 character variants for whimsical text formatting and speech bubbles. It is categorized under other. This server exposes 4 tools that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.

How to install

You can install Cowsay in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.

License

Cowsay is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.

Tools (4)

cowsay

Generate ASCII art of a cow saying something.

cowthink

Generate ASCII art of a cow thinking something.

list_cows

List all available cow characters.

get_version

Get the current version of cowsay-mcp server.

cowsay-mcp

smithery badge Github Stars License Report a bug

Cowsay MCP Server, providing ASCII art cow capabilities for LLMs. This implementation allows language models to generate fun ASCII art cows with custom messages.

🛠️ Tools

  • cowsay: Generate ASCII art with a cow saying your message
  • cowthink: Generate ASCII art with a cow thinking your message
  • list_cows: List all available cow characters

📦 Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install cowsay-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @mrseanchow/cowsay-mcp --client claude

Manual Installation

npm install -g cowsay-mcp

Using npx

npx -y cowsay-mcp

🚀 Running on Cursor

Add this to your mcp.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cowsay-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cowsay-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

🌊 Running on Windsurf

Add this to your ./codeium/windsurf/model_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cowsay-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cowsay-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

🎨 Available Cow Characters

The server provides a wide variety of cow characters, including but not limited to:

  • default: The classic cow
  • small: A smaller version of the default cow
  • tux: A penguin character
  • moose: A moose character
  • sheep: A sheep character
  • dragon: A dragon character
  • elephant: An elephant character
  • skeleton: A skeleton character
  • stimpy: A Stimpy character

And many more! Use the list_cows tool to see all available characters.

📝 Example Usage

cowsay Tool

{
  "name": "cowsay",
  "parameters": {
    "message": "Hello from LLM!",
    "cow": "tux"
  }
}

cowthink Tool

{
  "name": "cowthink",
  "parameters": {
    "message": "What should I say next?",
    "cow": "moose"
  }
}

list_cows Tool

{
  "name": "list_cows",
  "parameters": {}
}

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Alternatives

Ableton Live

Ableton Live

ahujasid
2.3k

Control Ableton Live for advanced music production—track creation, MIDI editing, playback, and sound design. Perfect for Ableton workflows.

Community
9118
Godot MCP

Godot MCP

Coding-Solo
2.2k

MCP server for interfacing with the Godot game engine. Launch the editor, run projects, capture screenshots, manage scenes, and control the engine from AI…

Community
3927
ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs

elevenlabs
1.2k

Unlock powerful text to speech and AI voice generator tools with ElevenLabs. Create, clone, and customize speech easily. Free and seamless integration.

Official
71911
YouTube Transcripts

YouTube Transcripts

kimtaeyoon83
488

Extract and analyze YouTube transcripts in multiple languages. Use our YouTube transcriptor to easily transcribe for YouTube videos.

CommunityRemote
8642

Related Skills

Browse all skills
drawio-diagrams-enhanced

Create professional draw.io (diagrams.net) diagrams in XML format (.drawio files) with integrated PMP/PMBOK methodologies, extensive visual asset libraries, and industry-standard professional templates. Use this skill when users ask to create flowcharts, swimlane diagrams, cross-functional flowcharts, org charts, network diagrams, UML diagrams, BPMN, project management diagrams (WBS, Gantt, PERT, RACI), risk matrices, stakeholder maps, or any other visual diagram in draw.io format. This skill includes access to custom shape libraries for icons, clipart, and professional symbols.

1,389
pptx

Presentation creation, editing, and analysis. When Claude needs to work with presentations (.pptx files) for: (1) Creating new presentations, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with layouts, (4) Adding comments or speaker notes, or any other presentation tasks

422
video-downloader

Downloads videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival. Handles various formats and quality options.

114
docx

Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional documents (.docx files) for: (1) Creating new documents, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with tracked changes, (4) Adding comments, or any other document tasks

100
stock-analyzer

Provides comprehensive technical analysis for stocks and ETFs using RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, and other indicators. Activates when user requests stock analysis, technical indicators, trading signals, or market data for specific ticker symbols.

79
skill-vetter

Security-first skill vetting for AI agents. Use before installing any skill from ClawdHub, GitHub, or other sources. Checks for red flags, permission scope, and suspicious patterns.

40