NovelAI Image MCP

NovelAI Image MCP is an open-source server that integrates NovelAI's image generation capabilities into AI agents via the Model Context Protocol. It exposes 11 tools covering text-to-image, image-to-image, inpainting, upscaling, Director tools, ControlNet annotation, tag suggestions, and vibe encoding. It supports stdio and HTTP transports, offers agent skills for CLI and MCP usage, and is built on FastMCP 4 with an MIT license.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by xinvxueyuan

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What you can do with it

Generate images from text prompts using NovelAI's models
Upscale existing images to higher resolutions
Apply ControlNet annotations for structured image generation
Query account subscription status and model metadata

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.7.1

mcp-registry: io.github.xinvxueyuan/novelai-image-mcp@0.7.1 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC

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ghcr.io/xinvxueyuan/novelai-image-mcp:0.7.1

ocidocker

ghcr.io/xinvxueyuan/novelai-image-mcp:0.7.1 package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "ghcr.io/xinvxueyuan/novelai-image-mcp:0.7.1",
  "runtimeHint": "docker",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "run"
    },
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "--rm"
    },
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "-i"
    },
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "-e"
    },
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "NOVELAI_TOKEN"
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "NOVELAI_TOKEN",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "NovelAI persistent API token (preferred auth). Get from https://novelai.net/account"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "novelai-image-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "NOVELAI_TOKEN=<YOUR_NOVELAI_TOKEN>",
        "ghcr.io/xinvxueyuan/novelai-image-mcp:0.7.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOVELAI_TOKEN": "<YOUR_NOVELAI_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "novelai-image-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "NOVELAI_TOKEN=<YOUR_NOVELAI_TOKEN>",
        "ghcr.io/xinvxueyuan/novelai-image-mcp:0.7.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOVELAI_TOKEN": "<YOUR_NOVELAI_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "novelai-image-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "NOVELAI_TOKEN=<YOUR_NOVELAI_TOKEN>",
        "ghcr.io/xinvxueyuan/novelai-image-mcp:0.7.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOVELAI_TOKEN": "<YOUR_NOVELAI_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "novelai-image-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "NOVELAI_TOKEN=<YOUR_NOVELAI_TOKEN>",
        "ghcr.io/xinvxueyuan/novelai-image-mcp:0.7.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOVELAI_TOKEN": "<YOUR_NOVELAI_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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