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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
DEBUG_MCPNoLog to stderr for debugging tool callsfalse
GEMINI_API_KEYYesGoogle AI API key from Google AI Studio
GEMINI_MCP_LOG_FILENoWrite logs to ~/.gemini-mcp/logs/false
GEMINI_DEFAULT_MODELNoDefault model for gemini_chat and analyze_imagegemini-3.1-pro-preview
GEMINI_IMAGE_OUTPUT_DIRNoAuto-save directory for generated images
GEMINI_DEFAULT_GROUNDINGNoEnable Google Search grounding by defaulttrue
GEMINI_ALLOW_EXPERIMENTALNoInclude experimental/preview models in auto-discoveryfalse

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

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Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
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  "listChanged": true
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resources
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  "listChanged": true
}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
gemini_helpB

Get comprehensive help about Gemini MCP features, settings, and best practices

gemini_prompt_assistantA

Get expert prompt templates and guidance for Gemini image generation. Covers photography (portraits, products, cinematic), chart/diagram design (9 professional design systems including FT, Bloomberg, Tufte, Du Bois), lighting, colour grading, lens simulation, and style aesthetics. For charts: use chart_design with a color_scheme to get a full professional design system prompt.

gemini_chatA

Chat with Google Gemini models. Grounded in Google Search by default, on gemini-3.1-pro-preview. DO NOT SET max_tokens - the server allocates the model's full output ceiling automatically. It is a cap, not consumption, so unused headroom costs nothing; setting a small one makes Gemini 3 thinking burn the whole budget and return empty output that looks like a timeout. [MCP_RECOMMENDED_TIMEOUT_MS: 300000]

gemini_list_modelsA

List available Gemini models and their descriptions

gemini_deep_researchA

Conduct deep research on complex topics using iterative multi-step analysis with Gemini. This performs multiple searches and synthesizes comprehensive research reports (takes several minutes). [MCP_RECOMMENDED_TIMEOUT_MS: 900000]

describe_imageA

Analyze and describe one or more images using Google Gemini image models (Nano Banana Pro). Returns a text description — no image is generated. Default model: gemini-3-flash-preview. [MCP_RECOMMENDED_TIMEOUT_MS: 180000]

analyze_imageA

Analyze and extract information from one or more images using Gemini multimodal understanding. Returns a text analysis - no image is generated. Default model: gemini-3-pro-preview. DO NOT SET max_tokens - the server allocates the model's full output ceiling automatically; a small cap is spent on Gemini 3 thinking and returns empty output that looks like a timeout. [MCP_RECOMMENDED_TIMEOUT_MS: 300000]

load_image_from_pathA

Read a local image file and return it as base64-encoded data ready to pass to generate_image, edit_image, describe_image, or analyze_image tools. Supports JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP.

generate_imageA

Generate an image using Google Gemini image models (Nano Banana Pro). Returns image with inline preview in Claude Desktop and saves full-resolution to disk. Default model: gemini-3-pro-image-preview.

edit_imageA

Edit one or more images using Google Gemini image models (Nano Banana Pro). Provide images and natural-language instructions for how to modify them. Returns edited image with inline preview and saves full-resolution to disk.

generate_landing_pageA

Generate a complete, self-contained HTML landing page using Gemini. Returns inline preview with responsive viewport controls. No external dependencies; inline CSS and vanilla JS only. [MCP_RECOMMENDED_TIMEOUT_MS: 300000]

generate_svgA

Generate scalable vector graphics (SVG) using Gemini. Creates clean, production-ready SVG code for diagrams, illustrations, icons, and data visualizations. Returns inline preview with SVG viewer. [MCP_RECOMMENDED_TIMEOUT_MS: 240000]

generate_videoA

Generate videos using Google Veo 3.1 AI model. Creates realistic 4-8 second videos from text prompts with optional first-frame image and reference images for character/style consistency. Supports native audio generation. Processing time: 2-5 minutes for 1080p videos. Returns video file path with optional thumbnail and HTML preview player. ⚠️ IMPORTANT: Video generation is ASYNC and takes 2-5 minutes. The tool will poll for completion automatically.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription
gemini-image-viewer
gemini-video-viewer
gemini-svg-viewer
gemini-landing-page-viewer

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