The MiniMax MCP Server enables seamless interaction with MiniMax's APIs for:
Text-to-speech: Convert text to audio with customizable voice, speed, volume, and pitch
Voice cloning: Create new voices by cloning from audio files or URLs
List available voices: Retrieve pre-defined or cloned voices
Video generation: Create videos from text prompts with camera movement instructions
Image generation: Produce images from text prompts with customizable aspect ratios
Audio playback: Play WAV or MP3 files locally or from URLs
Task management: Query results or status of generation tasks
Provides Windsurf (by Codeium) with access to MiniMax's Text to Speech, voice cloning, and video/image generation APIs
Provides integration with GitHub for accessing the MiniMax MCP server's codebase and repositories
Connects to MiniMax's Hugging Face organization to access related models and resources
Allows OpenAI Agents to use MiniMax's Text to Speech, voice cloning, and video/image generation capabilities
Offers WeChat-based access to MiniMax's services through a QR code connection
MiniMax-MCP-JS - Official JavaScript implementation of MiniMax MCP
Get your API key from MiniMax.
Install uv (Python package manager), install with curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh or see the uv repo for additional install methods.
Important: The API host and key vary by region and must match; otherwise, you'll encounter an Invalid API key error.
Region | Global | Mainland |
MINIMAX_API_KEY | go get from | go get from |
MINIMAX_API_HOST | (note the extra "i" ) |
Go to Claude > Settings > Developer > Edit Config > claude_desktop_config.json to include the following:
⚠️ Warning: The API key needs to match the host. If an error "API Error: invalid api key" occurs, please check your api host:
Global Host：https://api.minimaxi.chat (note the extra "i")
Mainland Host：https://api.minimax.chat
If you're using Windows, you will have to enable "Developer Mode" in Claude Desktop to use the MCP server. Click "Help" in the hamburger menu in the top left and select "Enable Developer Mode".
Go to Cursor -> Preferences -> Cursor Settings -> MCP -> Add new global MCP Server to add above config.
That's it. Your MCP client can now interact with MiniMax through these tools:
We support two transport types: stdio and sse.
stdio | SSE |
Run locally | Can be deployed locally or in the cloud |
Communication through
| Communication through
|
Input: Supports processing
or valid
resources | Input: When deployed in the cloud, it is recommended to use
for input |
tool | description |
| Convert text to audio with a given voice |
| List all voices available |
| Clone a voice using provided audio files |
| Generate a video from a prompt |
| Generate a image from a prompt |
| Query the result of video generation task |
Please ensure your API key and API host are regionally aligned
Region | Global | Mainland |
MINIMAX_API_KEY | go get from | go get from |
MINIMAX_API_HOST | (note the extra "i" ) |
Please confirm its absolute path by running this command in your terminal:
Once you obtain the absolute path (e.g., /usr/local/bin/uvx), update your configuration to use that path (e.g., "command": "/usr/local/bin/uvx").
generate_video in async-modeDefine completion rules before starting: Alternatively, these rules can be configured in your IDE settings (e.g., Cursor):
⚠️ Warning: Using these tools may incur costs.
hybrid server
The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.
Enables MCP clients like Claude Desktop and Cursor to interact with MiniMax APIs for generating speech, cloning voices, creating videos, and generating images.
We provide all the information about MCP servers via our MCP API.
curl -X GET 'https://glama.ai/api/mcp/v1/servers/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-MCP'
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