🎨 media-mcp-server

MCP server for image & video processing. No API keys. No config. Just tools.

Give your AI assistant the power to resize, convert, compress, crop, filter, and analyze images and videos — all through Model Context Protocol.

Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible client.

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⚡ Quick Start

Claude Code

claude mcp add media-mcp -- uvx media-mcp-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "media-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["media-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

That's it. No API keys, no accounts, no environment variables.

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🛠️ Tools

Image Tools

Tool	Description
get_image_info	Get dimensions, format, color mode, file size, EXIF data
resize_image	Resize by dimensions or scale factor with aspect ratio control
convert_image	Convert between PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, AVIF
compress_image	Optimize file size with quality and max dimension controls
crop_image	Crop to specific pixel coordinates
create_thumbnail	Generate thumbnails with size control
strip_metadata	Remove all EXIF/metadata for privacy
rotate_image	Rotate by any angle with optional expansion
flip_image	Mirror horizontally or vertically
apply_filter	Apply blur, sharpen, grayscale, emboss, contour, and more

Video Tools (requires ffmpeg)

Tool	Description
get_video_info	Get duration, resolution, codec, bitrate, FPS, audio info
extract_frames	Pull frames at regular intervals
convert_video	Convert between MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, GIF, MKV

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💬 Example Usage

Once connected, just ask your AI:

"Resize screenshot.png to 800px wide"

"Convert all the PNGs in this folder to WebP"

"Strip the EXIF data from photo.jpg for privacy"

"Compress this image to under 500KB"

"Extract a frame every 5 seconds from demo.mp4"

"What are the dimensions of banner.png?"

"Make a grayscale version of logo.png"

"Create a 128x128 thumbnail of product-photo.jpg"

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📦 Installation

Using uvx (recommended — zero install)

uvx media-mcp-server

Using pip

pip install media-mcp-server

With video support

pip install media-mcp-server[video]

Note: Video tools require ffmpeg to be installed on your system. Install it from ffmpeg.org or via your package manager:

# macOS
brew install ffmpeg

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ffmpeg

# Windows (with Chocolatey)
choco install ffmpeg

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🔧 Configuration

Config file locations

<details> <summary><b>Claude Desktop</b></summary>

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "media-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["media-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary><b>Claude Code</b></summary>

claude mcp add media-mcp -- uvx media-mcp-server

</details>

<details> <summary><b>Cursor</b></summary>

Settings → MCP Servers → Add:

{
  "media-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["media-mcp-server"]
  }
}

</details>

<details> <summary><b>VS Code</b></summary>

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "media-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["media-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

</details>

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🧪 Development

git clone https://github.com/Adityaaery20/media-mcp.git
cd media-mcp
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

Test with MCP Inspector

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx media-mcp-server

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📋 Supported Formats

Images: PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, AVIF

Videos: MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, GIF, MKV (requires ffmpeg)

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🗺️ Roadmap

• [ ] Batch operations (process entire directories)
• [ ] Image watermarking
• [ ] PDF to image conversion
• [ ] OCR (text extraction from images)
• [ ] Audio extraction from video
• [ ] Image collage/montage creation
• [ ] Smart crop (content-aware)
• [ ] SVG rasterization

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📄 License

MIT — do whatever you want with it.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to add.

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