Browse Imgflip meme templates and generate memes (caption images, AI memes) via the Imgflip API
Connect Imgflip to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Browse Imgflip meme templates and generate memes (caption images, AI memes) via the Imgflip API. The imgflip mcp server is what makes that connection.
There's an MCP server for your database. One for your Kubernetes cluster. One for your cloud bill, one for your ticket system, and at least twelve for reading PDFs. Serious servers for serious work.
Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
get_memes — List the ~100 most popular meme templates, with optional name filteringcaption_image — Caption a template and get the generated image URLsearch_memes — Search 1M+ templates by nameget_meme — Look up a single template by idcaption_gif — Caption an animated GIF templateautomeme — Auto-pick a template for a piece of textai_meme — Let Imgflip's AI invent a whole memeExtras — The Extras tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: IMGFLIP_USERNAME, IMGFLIP_PASSWORD, IMGFLIP_PREMIUM. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
get_memesAmong the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Imgflip's toolset — get_memes, caption_image, search_memes and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by mariokernich; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_memes | List the ~100 most popular meme templates, with optional name filtering |
| caption_image | Caption a template and get the generated image URL |
| search_memes | Search 1M+ templates by name |
| get_meme | Look up a single template by id |
| caption_gif | Caption an animated GIF template |
| automeme | Auto-pick a template for a piece of text |
| ai_meme | Let Imgflip's AI invent a whole meme |
| Extras | The Extras tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"imgflip": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "imgflip-mcp"],
"env": {
"IMGFLIP_USERNAME": "your-value",
"IMGFLIP_PASSWORD": "your-value",
"IMGFLIP_PREMIUM": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
get_memes| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| IMGFLIP_USERNAME | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| IMGFLIP_PASSWORD | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| IMGFLIP_PREMIUM | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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