MiniMax MCP Server

Quickstart with MCP Client

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.

Claude Desktop

Go to Claude > Settings > Developer > Edit Config > claude_desktop_config.json to include the following:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "MiniMax": {
      "command": "uvx"
      "args": [
        "minimax-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINIMAX_API_KEY": "<insert-your-api-key-here>",
        "MINIMAX_MCP_BASE_PATH": "<local-output-dir-path>",
        "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimaxi.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".

Cursor

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:

Example usage

⚠️ Warning: Using these tools may incur costs.

1. broadcast a segment of the evening news

2. clone a voice

3. generate a video

4. generate images

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Enables MCP clients like Claude Desktop and Cursor to interact with MiniMax APIs for generating speech, cloning voices, creating videos, and generating images.