MCP Imagenate MCP Server

MCP server for image generation using multiple providers (Google Gemini, OpenAI, BFL FLUX)

Local serverstdio

What is the MCP Imagenate MCP server?

MCP Imagenate MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on MCP Imagenate directly instead of describing what you should do. MCP server for image generation using multiple providers (Google Gemini, OpenAI, BFL FLUX).

Setting it up

The server ships on npm as mcp-imagenate, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

What the assistant can call

Once MCP Imagenate is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • nano-banana-2 — gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
  • nano-banana-pro — gemini-3-pro-image-preview
  • gpt-image-2 — gpt-image-2
  • flux-2-klein — klein-4b
  • flux-2-pro — pro-preview
  • flux-2-max — max
  • reve-image — latest
  • Variable — Required
  • GEMINI_API_KEY — *
  • NANO_BANANA_API_KEY — *
  • OPENAI_API_KEY — *
  • GPT_IMAGE_API_KEY — *

Configuration and credentials

You will need 8 environment variables: GEMINI_API_KEY, NANO_BANANA_OUTPUT_DIR, NANO_BANANA_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GPT_IMAGE_API_KEY, BFL_API_KEY, REVE_API_KEY, REVE_API_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

  • Node.js 20+ - At least one provider API key

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch MCP Imagenate.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mcp imagenate mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

This sits in the AI and media services group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. MCP Imagenate's toolset — nano-banana-2, nano-banana-pro, gpt-image-2 and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by mimo-3; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against MCP Imagenate's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
nano-banana-2gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
nano-banana-progemini-3-pro-image-preview
gpt-image-2gpt-image-2
flux-2-kleinklein-4b
flux-2-propro-preview
flux-2-maxmax
reve-imagelatest
VariableRequired
GEMINI_API_KEY\*
NANO_BANANA_API_KEY\*
OPENAI_API_KEY\*
GPT_IMAGE_API_KEY\*
BFL_API_KEY\*
REVE_API_KEY\*

How to install the MCP Imagenate MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imagenate": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-imagenate"],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "NANO_BANANA_OUTPUT_DIR": "your-value",
        "NANO_BANANA_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "GPT_IMAGE_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "BFL_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "REVE_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "REVE_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

  • Node.js 20+ - At least one provider API key
VariableDescriptionRequired
GEMINI_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
NANO_BANANA_OUTPUT_DIRFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional
NANO_BANANA_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
OPENAI_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
GPT_IMAGE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
BFL_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
REVE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
REVE_API_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use MCP Imagenate to nano-banana-2.
  • Use MCP Imagenate to nano-banana-pro.
  • Use MCP Imagenate to gpt-image-2.

Frequently asked questions

It connects MCP Imagenate to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 14 tools (nano-banana-2, nano-banana-pro, gpt-image-2, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with MCP Imagenate directly.