visual-image-search-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAVE_API_KEY | No | API key to enable the Brave search provider. | |
| GOOGLE_CSE_CX | No | Custom Search Engine ID to enable the Google Custom Search Engine provider. Must be used with GOOGLE_CSE_KEY. | |
| GOOGLE_CSE_KEY | No | API key to enable the Google Custom Search Engine provider. Must be used with GOOGLE_CSE_CX. | |
| SERPER_API_KEY | No | API key to enable the Serper.dev search provider. | |
| IMAGE_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR | No | Root directory that every download must land inside. | ./downloaded-images |
| IMAGE_MCP_SEARCH_INTERVAL_MS | No | Minimum gap between outbound searches, in milliseconds. | 1000 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| image_searchA | Search the web for images and get back a single numbered contact sheet showing the results. Look at the sheet, decide which cells you want, then pass their ids to image_inspect or image_download. Image URLs are held server-side and referenced by id. |
| image_inspectA | Return a single image from a previous search at higher resolution, for checking detail before committing to a download. |
| image_downloadA | Download images picked from a contact sheet. Each file is written with a sidecar .json holding the source page, licence, attribution, query and provider. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 3 tools
Each tool has a distinct role in the workflow: image_search retrieves a contact sheet, image_inspect provides a higher-resolution view of a single result, and image_download saves the chosen image. There is no overlap or ambiguity between them.
All tool names follow the exact same verb_noun pattern: image_search, image_inspect, image_download. This makes the set predictable and easy to navigate.
Three tools is well within the ideal range for a focused server. Each tool serves a necessary step in the image search and acquisition pipeline, and no tool feels redundant or missing.
The tool set covers the complete workflow from search to inspection to download. It includes the essential operations for the domain, with no obvious gaps that would prevent an agent from accomplishing the intended task.