@aetherwave-studio/mcp

Model Context Protocol server for AetherWave Studio. Drop it into any MCP-compatible client (Claude Code, Cursor, Continue, Claude Desktop, custom agents) and your LLM can generate, edit, upscale, reframe, and master across every flagship creative AI provider through one API key, one credit pool.

One install. One token. Sixteen tools covering:

• Music - Suno V3.5 / V4 / V4.5 / V5 / V5.5

• Image gen - Grok Imagine, GPT Image 2, Seedream V4, Wan 2.7, Imagen 4, Nano Banana, Ideogram V3, Z-Image Turbo

• Image edit - Grok Imagine I2I, Seedream V4 Edit, Flux Kontext, Wan 2.5 Spicy, Qwen Edit, Midjourney I2I, GPT Image 1.5

• Image utility - Topaz upscale, Recraft background removal (with fal BiRefNet v2 fallback), Ideogram V3 Reframe

• Video - Grok Imagine (KIE+fal fallback), Wan 2.7, Hailuo 02, Seedance Pro/Lite, Kling 2.6 (audio), VEO 3.1, Happy Horse

• Video utility - Atlas upscaler (1080p/2K), rembg u2netp background removal, Luma Ray 2 Flash reframe

• Audio mastering - 12 genre/style presets via the AetherWave Python service

• Gallery read - paginated list of your saved creations

Every generation tool submits the job, polls until terminal state, and returns the final URL. The agent gets a single round-trip, no manual polling loop. Results auto-save to your Cloudflare R2 gallery so URLs don't expire.

Quick start

# 1. Get a key at https://aetherwavestudio.com/profile (Developer tab)
# 2. Add to your MCP client config (see below)
# 3. Restart the client
# 4. Ask your agent to "generate a synthwave album cover, then animate it"

Claude Code

claude mcp add aetherwave \
  -e AETHERWAVE_API_KEY=aw_live_your_key_here \
  -- npx -y @aetherwave-studio/mcp

Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aetherwave": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aetherwave-studio/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AETHERWAVE_API_KEY": "aw_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop.

Cursor

In Cursor Settings -> MCP -> Add new server:

{
  "aetherwave": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "@aetherwave-studio/mcp"],
    "env": { "AETHERWAVE_API_KEY": "aw_live_..." }
  }
}

Continue (VS Code / JetBrains)

In your ~/.continue/config.yaml:

mcpServers:
  - name: aetherwave
    command: npx
    args: ["-y", "@aetherwave-studio/mcp"]
    env:
      AETHERWAVE_API_KEY: aw_live_...

Custom / programmatic clients

Standard stdio MCP server. Any client that speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over stdio per the MCP spec can connect:

AETHERWAVE_API_KEY=aw_live_... npx -y @aetherwave-studio/mcp

Related MCP server: Krea MCP Server

Tools at a glance

Every generation tool includes a model-selection rubric in its description. Your agent can pick the right model from prompt intent without round-tripping list_image_models or list_video_models.

Tools reference

aetherwave_balance

Returns current credit balance. No inputs.

Returns: { credits, plan, ... }

aetherwave_list_image_models

Returns every image model with credit cost, supported inputs, resolution/aspect options. No inputs.

Returns: { models: [...] }

aetherwave_list_video_models

Returns every video model with per-second credit cost, durations, resolutions, aspect ratios. No inputs.

Returns: { models: [...] }

aetherwave_list_master_presets

Returns every mastering preset with target LUFS, tags, descriptions, difficulty. No inputs. Call this before master_audio when you don't know which preset fits the track.

Returns: { presets: [...] } (each: { id, name, description, target_lufs, tags, difficulty, icon })

aetherwave_generate_image

T2I or I2I. Submits, polls, returns final URLs.

Selection signals (built into the tool description): photoreal → z-image-turbo or imagen-4. Text-in-image → ideogram-v3-t2i. NSFW → wan-2.5-spicy-t2i. Premium → grok-imagine-quality-t2i or imagen-4-ultra. Cheapest → z-image-turbo (3 cr).

Returns: { taskId, state, images, autoSaved, creationIds }

aetherwave_generate_video

T2V or I2V. Submits, polls up to 8 min, returns final URL.

Returns: { taskId, state, videoUrl, fallbackProvider, autoSaved, creationId, kieTaskId }

aetherwave_generate_music

Suno music generation. Two tracks per submission.

Returns: { taskId, status, tracks }

aetherwave_edit_image

I2I editing guided by a text prompt.

Selection signals: subtle edits / character consistency → flux-kontext-pro. NSFW → wan-2.5-spicy-i2i. Highest quality → gpt-image-1.5-i2i or grok-imagine-quality-i2i. Stylized → midjourney-i2i. Single-output / 4K → seedream-v4-edit.

URL gotcha: source URLs with spaces or parentheses may fail upstream. Prefer clean URLs without special characters.

Returns: { taskId, state, images, autoSaved, creationIds }

aetherwave_upscale_image

Topaz upscaler.

Credit cost scales with source resolution × factor.

Returns: { taskId, state, images, autoSaved, creationIds }

aetherwave_reframe_image

Ideogram V3 Reframe. Outpaints edges to fit a new aspect ratio.

Returns: { taskId, state, images, autoSaved, creationIds }

aetherwave_remove_background

Recraft primary + fal.ai BiRefNet v2 fallback. ~5 cr per image.

Returns: { taskId, state, images } (PNG with transparent alpha)

aetherwave_upscale_video

Atlas Video Upscaler. Targets 1080p or 2K.

Returns: { taskId, status, videoUrl, autoSaved, creationId }

aetherwave_remove_background_video

Frame-by-frame background removal via rembg u2netp on AetherWave's Python service. 2 cr/sec.

Returns: { taskId, status, videoUrl, autoSaved, creationId }

aetherwave_reframe_video

Luma Ray 2 Flash reframe to a new aspect ratio. 17 cr/sec.

Returns: { taskId, status, videoUrl, autoSaved, creationId }

aetherwave_master_audio

AI mastering via the AetherWave Python service. Synchronous response (route polls internally, expect 30s-5min). 20 credits per track. Free for Producer, Mogul, and Ultimate plans. Output is WAV (~50MB per 3-min track) and auto-rehosted to Cloudflare R2.

Preset list (12, retrieved live from /api/master-presets):

Returns: { success, masteredUrl, preset, trackTitle, creditsCharged, isFree }

aetherwave_list_my_creations

Paginated gallery read. Useful for chaining ("reframe my last 5 images to 9:16").

Returns: { items, total, offset, limit, hasMore }. Each item: { id, type, title, prompt, model, createdAt, isFavorite, contentUrl, thumbnailUrl, visibility, rating, duration?, width?, height?, likeCount, totalPlays, metadata }.

Credits & pricing

AetherWave uses a single credit pool. Buy bundles starting at $4.99 / 500 credits (bundle credits never expire) or subscribe to Studio ($9.99/mo, 1,700 credits, 3-day free trial). Both work for API calls.

Typical costs:

• Image gen - 3 cr (Z-Image Turbo) to 22 cr (Grok Imagine Quality at 2K)

• Image edit - 3 cr/image (Grok Imagine I2I) to 22 cr (Grok Imagine Quality I2I at 2K)

• Image utility - 5 cr (background removal, reframe at turbo speed), 5-25+ cr (Topaz upscale, resolution-dependent)

• Video - 4-6 cr/sec (Grok Imagine) up to ~80 cr/sec (VEO 3.1)

• Music - 12 cr per generation (2 tracks)

• Mastering - 20 cr/track (free on Producer / Mogul / Ultimate)

See live pricing at https://aetherwavestudio.com/buy-credits or via aetherwave_list_*_models.

Environment variables

Troubleshooting

"AETHERWAVE_API_KEY environment variable is required" Your MCP client isn't passing the env var. Make sure the env block in your client config has AETHERWAVE_API_KEY set. After editing config, fully restart the client.

"AetherWave API ... failed: 401 - Invalid API key" The key has been revoked or regenerated. Visit https://aetherwavestudio.com/profile -> Developer tab and copy a fresh key.

"AetherWave API ... failed: 402 - Insufficient credits" Your balance is too low for the requested operation. Call aetherwave_balance to confirm, then top up at https://aetherwavestudio.com/buy-credits.

"AetherWave generation timed out after Xs" The provider is queueing. The job may still complete server-side - check the AetherWave gallery at https://aetherwavestudio.com/gallery.html. If timeouts persist for a particular model, try a different one (e.g. switch from grok-imagine-t2v to wan-2-7-t2v, or gpt-image-1.5-i2i to grok-imagine-i2i).

"Unprocessable Entity" on reframe Ideogram's URL fetcher chokes on source URLs containing spaces, parentheses, or other special characters. Use clean URLs (try downloading and re-uploading to a clean R2 path if needed).

"internal error, please try again later" on remove_background KIE Recraft transient outage. The tool will auto-fall-back to fal.ai BiRefNet v2 on retry, but a single call returning this error means both providers refused. Wait a minute and retry.

Soul Forge band generation Not exposed via MCP. Soul Forge remains a consumer feature on the web at https://aetherwavestudio.com/soul-forge.

Versioning

This package follows semver. Tools that change behavior in a breaking way will bump the major version. New tools and additive parameters bump the minor version. Bug fixes bump the patch version.

The MCP protocol version itself (currently 2024-11-05) is negotiated at handshake time by the SDK; no client config needed.

Links

• AetherWave Studio: https://aetherwavestudio.com

• Developer docs: https://aetherwavestudio.com/developers

• Get an API key: https://aetherwavestudio.com/profile (Developer tab)

• Buy credits: https://aetherwavestudio.com/buy-credits

• GitHub: https://github.com/AetherWave-Studio/aetherwave-mcp

• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aetherwave-studio/mcp

License

MIT. See LICENSE.