MCP Server

Nano Banana MCP Server

Name: Nano Banana MCP Server
Author: io.github.mindstone

io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana

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What is the Nano Banana MCP server?

Nano Banana MCP server — Google Gemini image generation and editing via Model Context Protocol

How to install Nano Banana

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
Google Gemini API key
MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH
Workspace directory for saving generated images
NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS
Outbound Gemini request timeout in milliseconds
NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS
Host-bridge request timeout in milliseconds

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-nano-banana": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>",
        "NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-nano-banana": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>",
        "NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-nano-banana": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>",
        "NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-nano-banana": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>",
        "NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mcp-server-nano-banana --env GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY> --env MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH=<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH> --env NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS=<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS> --env NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS=<YOUR_NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS> -- npx -y @mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana

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