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nano-banana-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for generating images using Google's Gemini image generation model.

Installation

uv sync

Related MCP server: MCP Nano Banana

Configuration

Set one of the following authentication methods:

Option 1: Gemini API Key

export GEMINI_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Option 2: Vertex AI

export VERTEX_PROJECT="your-project-id"
export VERTEX_LOCATION="us-central1"  # optional, defaults to us-central1

MCP Tools

generate_to_file

Generate an image and save it to a file.

Parameters:

  • prompt (string): The prompt describing the image to generate

  • save_path (string): The file path where the image should be saved

Returns:

{
  "path": "/absolute/path/to/image.png",
  "message": "Image generated successfully"
}

generate_to_data_url

Generate an image and return it as a base64 data URL.

Parameters:

  • prompt (string): The prompt describing the image to generate

Returns:

{
  "data_url": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgo...",
  "message": "Image generated successfully"
}

MCP Client Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nano-banana-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/ipfans/nano-banana-mcp.git"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/nano-banana-mcp",
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<your-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to your .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nano-banana-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/ipfans/nano-banana-mcp.git"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/nano-banana-mcp",
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<your-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

License

MIT

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