diff --git a/tools/sprite-generation/IN_DEVELOPMENT_DONT_USE b/tools/sprite-generation/IN_DEVELOPMENT_DONT_USE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tools/sprite-generation/server.py b/tools/sprite-generation/server.py
index 65ab7e18..091b74de 100644
--- a/tools/sprite-generation/server.py
+++ b/tools/sprite-generation/server.py
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ Usage:
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import json
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Annotated
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Query
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, JSONResponse
+from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, JSONResponse, StreamingResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
@@ -179,6 +181,31 @@ def create_app(
         registry.approve_variant(body.variant_id)
         return {"status": "approved", "variant_id": body.variant_id}
 
+    @app.get("/api/variants/recent")
+    def get_recent_variants(
+        limit: Annotated[int, Query(ge=1, le=100)] = 30,
+    ) -> list[dict]:
+        return registry.get_recent_variants(limit=limit)
+
+    @app.get("/api/stream/variants")
+    async def stream_variants() -> StreamingResponse:
+        async def event_generator():
+            last_check = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+            while True:
+                await asyncio.sleep(3)
+                new_variants = registry.get_recent_variants(limit=10, since=last_check)
+                if new_variants:
+                    last_check = new_variants[0]["created_at"]
+                    yield f"data: {json.dumps(new_variants)}\n\n"
+                else:
+                    yield ": keepalive\n\n"
+
+        return StreamingResponse(
+            event_generator(),
+            media_type="text/event-stream",
+            headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache", "X-Accel-Buffering": "no"},
+        )
+
     @app.get("/api/runs")
     def get_runs() -> list[dict]:
         return registry.get_runs()
diff --git a/tools/sprite-generation/sprites.db b/tools/sprite-generation/sprites.db
index 0e9227ba..6d677b80 100644
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