Nano Banana runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 174 installs a week from npm. Last commit 13 Sep 2026.
Nano Banana MCP server — Google Gemini image generation and editing via Model Context Protocol
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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 mcp-server-nano-banana -- npx -y @mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-nano-banana": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-server-nano-banana]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"]{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-nano-banana": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-nano-banana": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
GEMINI_API_KEY (Google Gemini API key), MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH (Workspace directory for saving generated images), NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS (Outbound Gemini request timeout in milliseconds), NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS (Host-bridge request timeout in milliseconds).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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