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OpenAI Image for VS Code

io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image

OpenAI image generation MCP server for Model Context Protocol hosts

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install OpenAI Image in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-api-key",
      "description": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-workspace-path",
      "description": "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-image-model",
      "description": "OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "openai-image-request-timeout-ms",
      "description": "OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-allowed-symlink-roots",
      "description": "MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-http-port",
      "description": "MCP_HTTP_PORT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-openai-image": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-openai-image"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:openai-api-key}",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "${input:mcp-workspace-path}",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_MODEL": "${input:openai-image-model}",
        "OPENAI_IMAGE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:openai-image-request-timeout-ms}",
        "MCP_ALLOWED_SYMLINK_ROOTS": "${input:mcp-allowed-symlink-roots}",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "${input:mcp-http-port}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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