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Image Gen MCP Server

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Image Gen runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 79 installs a week from npm. Last commit 13 Aug 2026.

Generate and edit images from your coding agent with Gemini and OpenAI, using your own API keys.

Installs per day peak 47 · avg 13 · -39% w/w
a month agotoday
79
Installs / week
npm · @nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp
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13 Aug 2026
Last commit
3 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · rules ccca72095570

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Builds a file path from a variable src/files.ts:288
    const chosen = uniquePath(path.join(dir, name), taken);

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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add image-gen -- npx -y @nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "image-gen": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.image-gen]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "image-gen": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "image-gen": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GEMINI_API_KEY (Google Gemini API key. Enables the Gemini provider. At least one provider key is required.), OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI API key. Enables the OpenAI provider. At least one provider key is required.), IMAGE_GEN_MCP_DEFAULT_PROVIDER (Provider used when a tool call does not name one: gemini or openai. Defaults to whichever key is set, preferring gemini.), IMAGE_GEN_MCP_GEMINI_MODEL (Default Gemini model. Defaults to gemini-3.1-flash-image.), IMAGE_GEN_MCP_OPENAI_MODEL (Default OpenAI model. Defaults to gpt-image-2.), IMAGE_GEN_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR (Directory used when a tool call passes no output_path.), IMAGE_GEN_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS (Comma separated directories that file reads and writes are confined to. Unset means unrestricted.), IMAGE_GEN_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS (Per-request timeout to the provider API in milliseconds. Defaults to 180000.), IMAGE_GEN_MCP_LOG_FILE (Path of the JSONL image ledger. Defaults to ~/.image-gen-mcp/images.jsonl. Set to none to disable the file.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Image Gen — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Image Gen?
Image Gen runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp was installed 79 times last week.
How do I connect Image Gen?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Image Gen?
The npm package @nuver-labs/image-gen-mcp was installed 79 times in the last week. Week over week that is -39%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Image Gen open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.