Nanobanana-mcp-server MCP Server

A production-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI-powered image generation capabilities through Google's Gemini models with intelligent model selection.

Local serverstdio

What is the Nanobanana-mcp-server MCP Server?

Nanobanana Mcp Server is an MCP project maintained in the zhongweili/nanobanana-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A production-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI-powered image generation capabilities through Google's Gemini models with intelligent model selection”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uvx. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares GEMINI_API_KEY. 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 Nanobanana-mcp-server MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nanobanana": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nanobanana-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GEMINI_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation