# mcp

Connect Claude Code to WaveSpeed’s model catalog and ask an agent to generate images, video, audio, or 3D content. The server can also estimate costs and track running jobs.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 34
- Author: WaveSpeedAI
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/WaveSpeedAI/mcp-server
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/wavespeedai-mcp

## What it does

The server searches WaveSpeed’s current catalog, returns a model’s input schema, and submits generation requests. You can check an estimated price before running a model. Other tools show account balance, past predictions, and spending; billing details require a key with Billing access.

Long-running jobs return a prediction ID, which the agent can use with `get_prediction` to check progress. For a local file, use an input value such as `@./photo.jpg` so the server uploads it. A bare path passes through unchanged. The hosted server cannot access files on your computer, so provide a public URL or upload through a client that can send files.

For Claude Code, the remote setup takes one command. Local use needs a WaveSpeed key in `WAVESPEED_API_KEY` or a saved session from `wavespeed login`; without authentication, model runs cannot start.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://api.wavespeed.ai/mcp`
- Environment variables: `WAVESPEED_API_KEY`, `WAVESPEED_BASE_URL`, `WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://api.wavespeed.ai/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env WAVESPEED_API_KEY=<WAVESPEED_API_KEY> --env WAVESPEED_BASE_URL=<WAVESPEED_BASE_URL> --env WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME=<WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME> --transport stdio wavespeedai-mcp -- npx -y @wavespeed/mcp
```
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### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add wavespeedai-mcp --url https://api.wavespeed.ai/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add wavespeedai-mcp --env WAVESPEED_API_KEY=<WAVESPEED_API_KEY> --env WAVESPEED_BASE_URL=<WAVESPEED_BASE_URL> --env WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME=<WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME> -- npx -y @wavespeed/mcp
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wavespeedai-mcp": {
            "url": "https://api.wavespeed.ai/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wavespeedai-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@wavespeed/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "WAVESPEED_API_KEY": "<WAVESPEED_API_KEY>",
                "WAVESPEED_BASE_URL": "<WAVESPEED_BASE_URL>",
                "WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME": "<WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "wavespeedai-mcp": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://api.wavespeed.ai/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "wavespeedai-mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@wavespeed/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "WAVESPEED_API_KEY": "<WAVESPEED_API_KEY>",
                "WAVESPEED_BASE_URL": "<WAVESPEED_BASE_URL>",
                "WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME": "<WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http wavespeedai-mcp https://api.wavespeed.ai/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e WAVESPEED_API_KEY=<WAVESPEED_API_KEY> -e WAVESPEED_BASE_URL=<WAVESPEED_BASE_URL> -e WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME=<WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAME> wavespeedai-mcp npx -y @wavespeed/mcp
```
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## When to use it
- search the WaveSpeed catalog for a model
- generate image, video, audio, or 3D content
- estimate a model run’s cost before submitting it
- check a prediction’s status and outputs by ID

## Example prompts
- Create a hero image with a city at night.
- Replace the background in `@./photo.jpg` with a bright kitchen.
- Add subtle parallax motion to `@./hero.png` and estimate the price first.

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