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Nano Banana for Gemini CLI

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

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

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Nano Banana in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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