nanobanana mcp for VS Code

io.github.getjoystick/nanobanana-mcp

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

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install nanobanana mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gemini-api-key",
      "description": "GEMINI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nanobanana-model",
      "description": "NANOBANANA_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nanobanana-output-dir",
      "description": "NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "nanobanana-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nanobanana/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "${input:gemini-api-key}",
        "NANOBANANA_MODEL": "${input:nanobanana-model}",
        "NANOBANANA_OUTPUT_DIR": "${input:nanobanana-output-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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