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Official MiniMax Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables interaction with powerful Text to Speech and video generation APIs.
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- ropon
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- Convert text to speech with selectable voices.
- List all available voices.
- Clone a voice using provided audio files.
- Generate video from a text prompt.
- Generate images from text prompts.
- Supports both stdio and SSE transport protocols.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
MinimaxCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Obtain an API key from the MiniMax platform, then install the server via uvx minimax-mcp. Configure your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop or Cursor) by adding a JSON entry with your API key, output directory, host, and optional resource mode. The server can then be used through the provided tools.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"minimax": {
"MiniMax": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"minimax-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MINIMAX_API_KEY": "<insert-your-api-key-here>",
"MINIMAX_MCP_BASE_PATH": "<local-output-dir-path>",
"MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimaxi.chat",
"MINIMAX_API_RESOURCE_MODE": "<optional, [url|local], url is default, audio/image/video are downloaded locally or provided in URL format>"
}
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"MiniMax": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"minimax-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MINIMAX_API_KEY": "<insert-your-api-key-here>",
"MINIMAX_MCP_BASE_PATH": "<local-output-dir-path>",
"MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimaxi.chat",
"MINIMAX_API_RESOURCE_MODE": "<optional, [url|local], url is default, audio/image/video are downloaded locally or provided in URL format>"
}
}
}

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Official MiniMax Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables interaction with powerful Text to Speech and video/image generation APIs. This server allows MCP clients like <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude">Claude Desktop</a>, <a href="https://www.cursor.so">Cursor</a>, <a href="https://codeium.com/windsurf">Windsurf</a>, <a href="https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python">OpenAI Agents</a> and others to generate speech, clone voices, generate video, generate image and more.
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Documentation
- 中文文档 - MiniMax-MCP-JS - Official JavaScript implementation of MiniMax MCPQuickstart with MCP Client
1. Get your API key from MiniMax. 2. Installuv (Python package manager), install with curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh or see the uv repo for additional install methods.
Claude Desktop
Go toClaude > Settings > Developer > Edit Config > claude_desktop_config.json to include the following:
{
"mcpServers": {
"MiniMax": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"minimax-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MINIMAX_API_KEY": "<insert-your-api-key-here>",
"MINIMAX_MCP_BASE_PATH": "<local-output-dir-path>",
"MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimaxi.chat",
"MINIMAX_API_RESOURCE_MODE": "<optional, [url|local], url is default, audio/image/video are downloaded locally or provided in URL format>"
}
}
}
}
⚠️ Warning: The API key needs to match the host. If an error "API Error: invalid api key" occurs, please check your api host:
- Global Host:
https://api.minimaxi.chat (note the extra "i")- Mainland Host:
https://api.minimax.chat
If you're using Windows, you will have to enable "Developer Mode" in Claude Desktop to use the MCP server. Click "Help" in the hamburger menu in the top left and select "Enable Developer Mode".
Cursor
Go toCursor -> Preferences -> Cursor Settings -> MCP -> Add new global MCP Server to add above config.
That's it. Your MCP client can now interact with MiniMax through these tools:
Transport
We support two transport types: stdio and sse. | stdio | SSE | |:-----|:-----| | Run locally | Can be deployed locally or in the cloud | | Communication throughstdout | Communication through network |
| Input: Supports processing local files or valid URL resources | Input: When deployed in the cloud, it is recommended to use URL for input |
Available Tools
| tool | description | |-|-| |text_to_audio|Convert text to audio with a given voice|
|list_voices|List all voices available|
|voice_clone|Clone a voice using provided audio files|
|generate_video|Generate a video from a prompt|
|text_to_image|Generate a image from a prompt|
Example usage
⚠️ Warning: Using these tools may incur costs.
1. broadcast a segment of the evening news
2. clone a voice
3. generate a video
4. generate images

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