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VS Code

GIMP for VS Code

io.github.mhbxyz/gimp-mcp

Inspect and edit images in a running GIMP 3.2+ (layers, text, filters, files) from any MCP client.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install GIMP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gimp-mcp-socket",
      "description": "GIMP_MCP_SOCKET",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "gimp-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gimp-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GIMP_MCP_SOCKET": "${input:gimp-mcp-socket}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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