XPDevs Image Search

An MCP server that lets LM Studio search the web for images and show them in chat.

What it does

• Searches DuckDuckGo for images (no API key needed)

• Downloads and resizes images

• Returns them inline in the LM Studio chat

Related MCP server: LLM Researcher

How to use it

Open LM Studio, go to the Program tab (right sidebar), click Install > Edit mcp.json, and add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "XPDevs/image-search": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/full/path/to/image-search-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Replace /full/path/to/ with the actual path to the folder.

Save the file. LM Studio will load the server automatically. Start a new chat and you will see search_images appear in the tools list.

Tool parameters

System requirements

• Node.js (LM Studio bundles this, no separate install needed)

• The folder must stay in place while LM Studio is running

Build from source

cd image-search-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Do this after pulling updates or making changes to the source.