MiniMax Vision MCP Server

MiniMax Vision MCP Server

MCP server for MiniMax vision models, enabling image analysis through the OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint. Supports local image files and remote URLs, with configurable temperature, max tokens, and adaptive thinking.

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MiniMax Vision MCP Server

MCP server for MiniMax vision models — analyze images through the OpenAI-compatible POST /v1/chat/completions endpoint.

Features

  • đŸ–ŧī¸ Analyze images — local files (png/jpg/jpeg/gif/webp/bmp) and remote HTTP(S) URLs
  • 🧠 MiniMax-M3: image + video understanding, 1M context, adaptive thinking
  • đŸŽ›ī¸ temperature fully configurable [0, 2] (unlike some providers that lock it)
  • 💭 thinking flag → enables adaptive thinking + reasoning_split on M3
  • ⚡ Zero non-MCP dependencies, one-line npx deploy

Requirements

  • Node.js >= 18
  • A MiniMax platform API key (č´ĻæˆˇįŽĄį† → æŽĨåŖå¯†é’Ĩ)

Install & run

cd minimax-vision-mcp-server
npm install
npm start

Environment variables

Variable Required Default Description
MINIMAX_API_KEY ✅ — Your MiniMax API key.
MINIMAX_MODEL MiniMax-M3 Model: MiniMax-M3, MiniMax-M2.7, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed, MiniMax-M2.5, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed, MiniMax-M2.1, MiniMax-M2.1-highspeed, MiniMax-M2.
MINIMAX_BASE_URL https://api.minimax.chat/v1 Override endpoint (for proxies).
MINIMAX_MAX_TOKENS 8192 Default max output tokens. M3 supports up to 524288.

Note: International users may use https://api.minimaxi.com/v1 as the base URL.

Claude Code / CC-Switch config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "minimax-vision": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "minimax-vision-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "MINIMAX_API_KEY": "your-minimax-api-key",
        "MINIMAX_MODEL": "MiniMax-M3"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tool: minimax_vision_understand

Parameter Type Required Description
image string ✅ Local image path or remote HTTP(S) URL.
prompt string ✅ What to ask about the image.
max_tokens number Max output tokens. Default 8192.
temperature number 0-2, default 1.
thinking bool Enable adaptive thinking + reasoning split (M3). M2.x always think; ignored there.

Why MiniMax for vision?

  • 1M context on M3 — analyze long documents alongside images
  • Native image + video understanding
  • Configurable temperature — fine-grained control over determinism
  • Adaptive thinking — reasoning on by default, splittable via reasoning_split

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License

MIT

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