Nano Banana for VS Code

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

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client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Nano Banana in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gemini-api-key",
      "description": "GEMINI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-workspace-path",
      "description": "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nano-banana-gemini-timeout-ms",
      "description": "NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nano-banana-bridge-timeout-ms",
      "description": "NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-nano-banana": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-nano-banana"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "${input:gemini-api-key}",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "${input:mcp-workspace-path}",
        "NANO_BANANA_GEMINI_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:nano-banana-gemini-timeout-ms}",
        "NANO_BANANA_BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:nano-banana-bridge-timeout-ms}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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