io.github.getjoystick/nanobanana-mcp MCP Server

Name: io.github.getjoystick/nanobanana-mcp MCP Server
Author: io.github.getjoystick

io.github.getjoystick/nanobanana-mcp

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What is the io.github.getjoystick/nanobanana-mcp MCP server?

Lean MCP server for Google's Nano Banana (Gemini) image models. Returns file paths, not base64.

How to install io.github.getjoystick/nanobanana-mcp

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

GEMINI_API_KEY
required
secret
Gemini API key from https://aistudio.google.com/apikey
NANOBANANA_MODEL
Default image model override (default: gemini-3.1-flash-image)
NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR
Default output directory override

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nanobanana-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nanobanana/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "NANOBANANA_MODEL": "<YOUR_NANOBANANA_MODEL>",
        "NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nanobanana-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nanobanana/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "NANOBANANA_MODEL": "<YOUR_NANOBANANA_MODEL>",
        "NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nanobanana-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nanobanana/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "NANOBANANA_MODEL": "<YOUR_NANOBANANA_MODEL>",
        "NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "nanobanana-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nanobanana/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "NANOBANANA_MODEL": "<YOUR_NANOBANANA_MODEL>",
        "NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR": "<YOUR_NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add nanobanana-mcp --env GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY> --env NANOBANANA_MODEL=<YOUR_NANOBANANA_MODEL> --env NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR=<YOUR_NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR> -- npx -y @nanobanana/mcp