MiniMax MCP Server

hybrid server

The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

Integrations

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

Documentation

中文文档
MiniMax-MCP-JS - Official JavaScript implementation of MiniMax MCP

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.
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 MiniMax Global	go get from MiniMax
MINIMAX_API_HOST	https://api.minimaxi.chat (note the extra "i")	https://api.minimax.chat

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, such as /User/xxx/Desktop>",
        "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimaxi.chat",
        "MINIMAX_API_RESOURCE_MODE": "<optional, [url|local], url is default, audio/image/video are downloaded locally or provided in URL format>"
      }
    }
  }
}

⚠️ 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".

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:

Transport

We support two transport types: stdio and sse.

stdio	SSE
Run locally	Can be deployed locally or in the cloud
Communication through `stdout`	Communication through `network`
Input: Supports processing `local files` or valid `URL` resources	Input: When deployed in the cloud, it is recommended to use `URL` for input

Available Tools

tool	description
`text_to_audio`	Convert text to audio with a given voice
`list_voices`	List all voices available
`voice_clone`	Clone a voice using provided audio files
`generate_video`	Generate a video from a prompt
`text_to_image`	Generate a image from a prompt

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

You must be authenticated.

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security – no known vulnerabilities

A

license - permissive license

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quality - confirmed to work

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