image-mcp MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides AI image generation capabilities using the ai-image npm module, which wraps around OpenAI and Replicate image inference APIs.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the image-mcp Server?

image-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the iplanwebsites/image-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides AI image generation capabilities using the ai-image npm module, which wraps around OpenAI and Replicate image inference…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is image-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares OPENAI_API_KEY, REPLICATE_API_TOKEN, MCP_TIMEOUT. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the image-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "image-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "image-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "REPLICATE_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_REPLICATE_API_TOKEN",
        "MCP_TIMEOUT": "1200000"
      },
      "resetTimeoutOnProgress": true
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OPENAI_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
REPLICATE_API_TOKENDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
MCP_TIMEOUTDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation