gen-image MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 144 installs a week from npm. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.
Local stdio MCP for OpenAI-compatible and Gemini image generation, editing, and model fallback.
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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 gen-image-mcp -e 'GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL=<GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL>' -e 'GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY=<GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY>' -- npx -y gen-image-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"gen-image-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"gen-image-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY": "<GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY>",
"GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL": "<GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.gen-image-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "gen-image-mcp"]
env = { GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL = "<GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL>", GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY = "<GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"gen-image-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"gen-image-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY": "<GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY>",
"GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL": "<GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"gen-image-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"gen-image-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY": "<GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY>",
"GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL": "<GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<GEN_IMAGE_BASE_URL> (Full HTTP/HTTPS base URL for the configured image API provider), <GEN_IMAGE_API_KEY> (API key for the configured image API provider).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
GEN_IMAGE_MODEL (Optional comma-separated OpenAI Images API model list. Configure this or GEN_IMAGE_GEMINI_MODEL), GEN_IMAGE_GEMINI_MODEL (Optional comma-separated Gemini image model list. Configure this or GEN_IMAGE_MODEL), GEN_IMAGE_AUTO_FALLBACK (Optional true/false switch for sequential model fallback), GEN_IMAGE_TIMEOUT_MS (Optional per-request upstream timeout in milliseconds; defaults to 120000. Positive integer, maximum 2147483647).
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