Fal.ai MCP Server

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Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:222-284 (handler)

  Main handler for the generate_image tool: parses input with Zod schema, calls fal.subscribe to generate images using the specified model (default flux/schnell), optionally downloads images to local fal-images directory using downloadImage helper, and returns formatted text response with URLs and paths.
  case "generate_image": { const params = GenerateImageSchema.parse(args); const result = await fal.subscribe(params.model, { input: { prompt: params.prompt, image_size: params.image_size, num_images: params.num_images, ...(params.seed && { seed: params.seed }), }, logs: true, onQueueUpdate: (update: any) => { console.error(`Queue position: ${update.position || "processing"}`); }, }); // Format the response nicely const images = (result as any).images || []; let responseText = `✅ Generated ${images.length} image(s) successfully!\n\n`; // Download images locally if requested const downloadedPaths: string[] = []; const shouldDownload = params.download_images !== false; for (let idx = 0; idx < images.length; idx++) { const img = images[idx]; responseText += `Image ${idx + 1}:\n`; if (shouldDownload) { try { const localPath = await downloadImage(img.url); downloadedPaths.push(localPath); responseText += `📁 Saved to: ${localPath}\n`; } catch (error: any) { responseText += `⚠️ Download failed: ${error.message}\n`; } } responseText += `🌐 URL: ${img.url}\n`; if (img.width && img.height) { responseText += `📐 Size: ${img.width}x${img.height}\n`; } responseText += `\n`; } if ((result as any).seed) { responseText += `🎲 Seed: ${(result as any).seed}\n`; } if (downloadedPaths.length > 0) { responseText += `\n📂 Images saved to: ${path.join(process.cwd(), "fal-images")}/\n`; } else if (shouldDownload && images.length > 0) { responseText += `\n💡 Tip: Images URLs are temporary. Save them soon if needed.\n`; } return { content: [ { type: "text", text: responseText, }, ], }; }
• src/index.ts:62-69 (schema)

  Zod schema for validating generate_image tool inputs, used in the handler to parse args.
  const GenerateImageSchema = z.object({ prompt: z.string().describe("Text description of the image to generate"), model: z.string().default("fal-ai/flux/schnell").describe("Model to use for generation"), image_size: z.enum(["square", "landscape_4_3", "portrait_3_4"]).default("landscape_4_3").optional(), num_images: z.number().min(1).max(4).default(1).optional(), seed: z.number().optional(), download_images: z.boolean().default(true).optional().describe("Whether to download images locally"), });
• src/index.ts:104-137 (registration)

  Tool registration in ListToolsResponse, defining name, description, and JSON inputSchema matching the Zod schema.
  { name: "generate_image", description: "Generate an image using Fal.ai models like Flux or Stable Diffusion", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { prompt: { type: "string", description: "Text description of the image to generate", }, model: { type: "string", description: "Model to use (default: fal-ai/flux/schnell)", default: "fal-ai/flux/schnell", }, image_size: { type: "string", enum: ["square", "landscape_4_3", "portrait_3_4"], description: "Image size preset", default: "landscape_4_3", }, num_images: { type: "number", description: "Number of images to generate (1-4)", default: 1, }, seed: { type: "number", description: "Seed for reproducible generation", }, }, required: ["prompt"], }, },
• src/index.ts:19-51 (helper)

  Helper function to download generated image from URL to local fal-images directory, used optionally in generate_image handler.
  async function downloadImage(url: string, outputDir: string = process.cwd()): Promise<string> { try { // Create images directory if it doesn't exist const imagesDir = path.join(outputDir, "fal-images"); if (!fs.existsSync(imagesDir)) { fs.mkdirSync(imagesDir, { recursive: true }); } // Generate filename from URL or timestamp const urlParts = url.split("/"); const originalName = urlParts[urlParts.length - 1]; const timestamp = new Date().getTime(); const filename = `${timestamp}-${originalName}`; const filepath = path.join(imagesDir, filename); // Download the image using buffer approach const response = await fetch(url); if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Failed to download: ${response.statusText}`); const buffer = await response.buffer(); fs.writeFileSync(filepath, buffer); // Verify the file was created if (!fs.existsSync(filepath)) { throw new Error("File was not created successfully"); } return filepath; } catch (error) { console.error(`Failed to download image: ${error}`); throw error; } }