OpenAI Image MCP

An MCP server provided by Mindstone that enables AI agents to generate images using OpenAI's image generation capabilities. It is part of a collection of production-ready connectors designed to integrate popular SaaS tools with Model Context Protocol hosts.

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What you can do with it

Generate images via OpenAI API
Integrate image generation into Claude Desktop
Connect image tools to Cursor IDE
Support any MCP host environment

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.3.2

mcp-registry: io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image@0.3.2 Source repository

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

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@mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image 0.3.2

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@mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image package definition

{
  "version": "0.3.2",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "OpenAI API key with image generation access"
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH",
      "format": "filepath",
      "description": "Workspace directory for saving generated images"
    },
    {
      "name": "OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "gpt-image-2",
      "description": "Override the default OpenAI image model identifier"
    },
    {
      "name": "OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "format": "number",
      "default": "180000",
      "description": "Outbound HTTP request timeout in milliseconds (max 1800000)"
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "JSON array of absolute paths the connector may read through (and write generated images through) in-workspace symlinks that resolve into them. Mirrors the host's built-in file-tool declared-Space roots. Malformed or partially-malformed values fail closed to workspace-only. Optional; standalone users omit it."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_HTTP_PORT",
      "format": "number",
      "description": "When set, serve MCP over HTTP on this port bound to 127.0.0.1 (loopback only) instead of stdio. Intended for host-managed local deployments; stdio hosts omit it."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openai-image-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image@0.3.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL>",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS": "<YOUR_MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS>",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openai-image-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image@0.3.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL>",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS": "<YOUR_MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS>",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "openai-image-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image@0.3.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL>",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS": "<YOUR_MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS>",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openai-image-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image@0.3.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL": "<YOUR_OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL>",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS": "<YOUR_MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS>",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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