MeiGen AI Image

Sign up at meigen.ai, navigate to Settings → API Keys, and generate a token. The token starts with meigen_sk_. Keep it handy for the configuration step.

Export your API credentials. At minimum you need MEIGEN_API_TOKEN for cloud generation. Add OPENAI_API_KEY and OPENAI_BASE_URL if you want to use an OpenAI-compatible provider, and COMFYUI_URL if you run ComfyUI locally.

export MEIGEN_API_TOKEN="meigen_sk_..."
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."          # optional
export OPENAI_BASE_URL="https://api.together.xyz/v1"  # optional
export COMFYUI_URL="http://localhost:8188"              # optional
export MEIGEN_OUTPUT_DIR="~/Pictures/meigen"

Edit your claude_desktop_config.json (or equivalent config file for Cursor/Windsurf) to register the meigen MCP server. The server is invoked via npx with no additional build step required.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meigen": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "meigen"],
      "env": {
        "MEIGEN_API_TOKEN": "meigen_sk_...",
        "MEIGEN_OUTPUT_DIR": "~/Pictures/meigen"
      }
    }
  }
}

Quit and reopen Claude Desktop (or reload the MCP extension in your IDE) so it picks up the new server entry. The meigen tools will appear in the tool list once the server starts successfully.

Use the search_gallery tool to find a curated prompt, then pass it to generate_image. You can also use enhance_prompt to expand a short idea into a detailed, model-ready prompt before generating.

# Standalone CLI usage (no MCP client needed)
npx meigen gen --prompt "a calico cat in a sunlit kitchen"
npx meigen gen -p "tech logo" -m midjourney-v8.1 -r 1:1