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An MCP server that generates and edits images via Gemini (Nano Banana), Grok Image, GPT-image, and impossibl.com, for MCP clients — like Claude Code — that have no native image generation capability.

  • Model lists are discovered live from each provider's API, not hardcoded, so new models show up automatically.

  • Defaults to each provider's newest non-top-tier model and a non-maximum quality setting, so a plain "generate an image" request doesn't silently pick the most expensive option.

  • Images are saved to disk; tools return the file path.

Tools

Tool

Purpose

list_image_providers

Reports which providers are configured, their available models, and the resolved default.

text-to-image

Generate an image from a text prompt.

image-to-image

Edit/transform one or more input images from a text prompt.

Related MCP server: OpenAI Image Generation MCP Server

Providers & API keys

Provider

Env var

Models (discovered live)

Gemini

GEMINI_API_KEY

Nano Banana family, e.g. gemini-3.1-flash-image, gemini-3-pro-image, gemini-2.5-flash-image

Grok Image

XAI_API_KEY

grok-imagine-image, grok-imagine-image-quality

GPT-image

OPENAI_API_KEY

gpt-image-2, gpt-image-1.5, gpt-image-1, gpt-image-1-mini

impossibl.com

IMPOSSIBL_API_KEY

openai/gpt-image-2 (generation only — see Known limitations)

Set only the keys for the providers you want to use. If none are set, the tools return a clear no_provider_configured error.

Choosing a default provider

  • If exactly one API key is set, it's used automatically.

  • If more than one is set, set IMAGE_PROVIDER_DEFAULT to gemini, grok, gpt-image, or impossibl to avoid being asked every time.

  • If more than one key is set and IMAGE_PROVIDER_DEFAULT is not set, the tools return a needs_provider_choice response — Claude Code is instructed (via the tool descriptions) to check its memory for a previously stated preference, or otherwise ask you, then retry with the provider argument.

Other configuration

Env var

Default

Purpose

IMAGE_OUTPUT_DIR

./output

Where generated/edited images are saved.

Install

npx -y imagengen

Add it to your MCP client:

Claude Code

claude mcp add imagengen \
  -e GEMINI_API_KEY=your-gemini-key \
  -e XAI_API_KEY=your-xai-key \
  -e OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-key \
  -e IMPOSSIBL_API_KEY=your-impossibl-key \
  -e IMAGE_PROVIDER_DEFAULT=gemini \
  -- npx -y imagengen

(Omit any -e you don't need. IMAGE_PROVIDER_DEFAULT is optional — see above.)

Claude Desktop / other MCP clients

Add to your MCP config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imagengen": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "imagengen"],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-gemini-key",
        "XAI_API_KEY": "your-xai-key",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-openai-key",
        "IMPOSSIBL_API_KEY": "your-impossibl-key",
        "IMAGE_PROVIDER_DEFAULT": "gemini"
      }
    }
  }
}

Known limitations

  • Grok image edits currently support one input image per call (the documented request shape takes a single image field).

  • The Gemini provider talks to Google's newer "Interactions" image API (/v1beta/interactions); if Google adjusts that response shape, src/providers/gemini.ts may need a small update.

  • impossibl.com only supports text-to-image generation, not editing. Its /v1/images/edits endpoint does not exist (404), and passing an image field to /v1/images/generations is silently ignored rather than performing an edit. Calling image-to-image with provider: "impossibl" returns a clear error.

License

MIT

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