What is imagen3-mcp?
imagen3-mcp is a MCP server by hamflx that generate images from text prompts with Google's Imagen 3 API, with photography, artistic and photorealistic controls. It is listed under Other and has 75 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | hamflx |
| Repository | hamflx/imagen3-mcp |
| Popularity | 75 GitHub stars |
| Category | Other |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #695 of 4,418 MCP servers; #106 in Other |
| Last commit | 2025-05-03 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is imagen3-mcp safe to install?
imagen3-mcp scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install imagen3-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/hamflx/imagen3-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add imagen3-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http imagen3-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs imagen3-mcp for you:
Add the "imagen3-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/hamflx/imagen3-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.