Mediamcp runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 79 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Oct 2026.
Generate and edit images and video via OpenRouter or any OpenAI-compatible API.
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mediamcp -e 'OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>' -- npx -y mediamcp{
"mcpServers": {
"mediamcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mediamcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mediamcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mediamcp"]
env = { OPENROUTER_API_KEY = "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mediamcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mediamcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mediamcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mediamcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<OPENROUTER_API_KEY> (OpenRouter API key (https://openrouter.ai/keys)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
MEDIAMCP_OUTPUT_DIR (Directory for generated files (default: ~/Pictures/mediamcp)), MEDIAMCP_MODEL (Default image model slug (default: google/gemini-2.5-flash-image)).
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