NVIDIA MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA_KEY | No | Your NVIDIA key | |
| nvidia-key | No | Your nvidia-key (for compatibility) | |
| NGC_API_KEY | No | Your NGC API key | |
| NVIDIA_API_KEY | No | Your NVIDIA API key (preferred) | |
| NVIDIA_MCP_ENV_FILE | No | Path to an environment file to load variables from | |
| NVIDIA_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR | No | Directory for output files |
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 |
|---|---|
| check_nvidia_setupA | Check whether the NVIDIA MCP can see an API key and which base URLs/output directory it will use. |
| list_modelsB | List models visible to the configured NVIDIA API key. |
| chat_completionB | Run a non-streaming chat completion through NVIDIA's OpenAI-compatible API. |
| generate_imageB | Generate an image through NVIDIA's OpenAI-compatible image generation API. Defaults to dry_run=true to avoid accidental credit usage. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |