Skip to main content
Glama
hongti

MCP OpenAI Image Generator

by hongti

MCP OpenAI Image Generator

MCP server that wraps OpenAI's gpt-image-2 image generation API.

Tools

Tool

Description

generate_image

Generate images from text prompts using gpt-image-2

list_generated_images

List all previously generated images in the output folder

load_image

Load and display a saved image inline

Related MCP server: imagegen-mcp

Setup

1. Build

npm install
npm run build

2. Configuration

Environment variables:

Variable

Default

Description

OPENAI_API_KEY

(required)

Your OpenAI API key

OPENAI_BASE_URL

(optional)

Custom base URL (e.g. a self-hosted proxy); defaults to official OpenAI endpoint

IMAGE_OUTPUT_DIR

./generated_images

Where to save generated images

3. Register with Claude Desktop / Kiro CLI

Add to your MCP config (e.g. ~/.claude/mcp.json or Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openai-image": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["D:/project/fully_async/mcp-openai-image/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-openai-api-key",

        "IMAGE_OUTPUT_DIR": "D:/project/fully_async/mcp-openai-image/generated_images"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage Examples

Architecture diagram

generate_image(
  prompt = "AWS microservices architecture diagram: React SPA → API Gateway → 3 Lambda functions (auth, orders, products) → DynamoDB + S3. Clean white background, blue/orange color scheme, connected with arrows, professional tech style.",
  size = "1536x1024",
  quality = "high"
)

System design

generate_image(
  prompt = "System design diagram for a real-time chat application: WebSocket servers, Redis pub/sub, message queue (Kafka), PostgreSQL, CDN for media. Dark background, neon connectors, modern style.",
  size = "1536x1024",
  quality = "medium"
)

Supported Parameters

Parameter

Options

Default

size

1024x1024, 1024x1536, 1536x1024, auto

1024x1024

quality

low, medium, high, auto

medium

n

1–4

1

output_format

png, jpeg, webp

png

save_to_disk

true / false

true

output_dir

any path

./generated_images

F
license - not found
-
quality - not tested
C
maintenance

Maintenance

Maintainers
Response time
Release cycle
Releases (12mo)
Commit activity

Resources

Unclaimed servers have limited discoverability.

Looking for Admin?

If you are the server author, to access and configure the admin panel.

Latest Blog Posts

MCP directory API

We provide all the information about MCP servers via our MCP API.

curl -X GET 'https://glama.ai/api/mcp/v1/servers/hongti/mcp-openai-image'

If you have feedback or need assistance with the MCP directory API, please join our Discord server