Creative coding, MCP-native

An MCP-native creative coding app.

Vivid is a macOS app where a DAW-style Session View and a rewireable visual node graph live in one project — and everything is controllable over MCP, so you (and AI agents) can author, inspect and verify whole pieces in code, not just nudge knobs. Sound drives picture, picture drives sound, and the whole thing is yours to fork.

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What it is

Session ViewA DAW-style timeline of tracks, clips, scenes, instruments, effects and a mixer — the musical half of the graph.
Visual node graphA rewireable graph of visual operators — real geometry, shaders and compositing — that you build and fork like code.
The mapping bridgeA bidirectional bridge: musical and control signals drive visual parameters, and visual state can drive audio back.
MCP-native controlEvery operation is exposed over MCP, so agents (and scripts) author, inspect and verify whole projects — not just nudge knobs.

Showcase

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Type 1 · Session View + visual graph + mappings

Your first project

The beginner project: a Surge XT track and a project-local shader whose rings pulse from four audio-to-visual mappings — the notes drive the picture, saved as a portable project.

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Type 2 · Session View scenes + reactive geometry

Pulse

A techno scene driving a per-note geometry graph — hexagons for the bassline, wireframe octahedra for the lead, particle bursts on every drum hit.

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Type 3 · The bidirectional bridge

Mirror

The bridge runs both ways: the music drives the picture, and the picture's feedback and blur drive a filter on the sound back.

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Type 4 · Creative-coding a project-local shader

Live shader edit

A woven interference field authored as a project-local WGSL shader — edited, broken and recovered live over MCP.

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Type 5 · The curated free-plugin path

Neon

A synthwave track built entirely on free plugins (Surge XT + Cassette Drums) with a Tron-glow vector visual.

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Start with a tutorial

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Start Here · Beginner

First MCP-native project

A Surge XT track, a project-local shader, and audio mapped to visuals — saved as one portable, reloadable project.

Needs: Surge XT

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Creative coding · Beginner

Live shader edit

Discover a shader node's backing file, edit the WGSL and reload live, then deliberately break it and recover using Vivid's own diagnostics.

Needs: None

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C++

Creative coding · Advanced

Project C++ operator

Scaffold a project-local C++ visual operator, compile it with clang++, and hot-swap it live after an edit.

Needs: Xcode Command Line Tools

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