by flowy11
Imagician is an AI image editor for fast photo edit, resizing, cropping, conversion, compression, and batch image editin
Provides eight essential image editing operations using the Sharp library for resizing, format conversion, cropping, compression, and batch processing. Automates common image workflows and web optimization tasks directly through MCP.
Imagician is a community-built MCP server published by flowy11 that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Imagician is an AI image editor for fast photo edit, resizing, cropping, conversion, compression, and batch image editin It is categorized under productivity. This server exposes 8 tools that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.
You can install Imagician in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
MIT
Imagician is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Add new capabilities to Claude beyond text generation
Example
Access external data sources, execute code, interact with tools and services
Transform Claude from chatbot to action-taking agent
Provide Claude with access to relevant context and data
Example
Load project documentation, access knowledge bases, query databases
Get more accurate, context-aware responses
Automate multi-step workflows combining AI and external tools
Example
Research → Summarize → Create document → Send notification
Complete complex tasks end-to-end without manual steps
Share your MCP server with the developer community
I recommend Imagician for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
Imagician is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
Strong directory entry: Imagician surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
Imagician has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
Imagician has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
We evaluated Imagician against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
Imagician is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
Useful MCP listing: Imagician is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
Imagician is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
Strong directory entry: Imagician surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for comprehensive image editing operations including resizing, format conversion, cropping, compression, and more.
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npm install -g @flowy11/imagician
git clone https://github.com/flowy11/imagician.git
cd imagician
npm install
npm run build
Add to your Claude Code configuration (~/.config/claude/config/settings/mcp-servers.json):
{
"imagician": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@flowy11/imagician"]
}
}
Add to your Cursor configuration (~/.cursor/mcp_settings.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"imagician": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@flowy11/imagician"]
}
}
}
Add to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"imagician": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@flowy11/imagician"]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"imagician": {
"command": "imagician"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"imagician": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/imagician/dist/index.js"]
}
}
}
Resize an image to specified dimensions with various fit options.
Parameters:
- inputPath: Path to input image
- outputPath: Path to save resized image
- width: Target width in pixels (optional)
- height: Target height in pixels (optional)
- fit: How to resize (cover, contain, fill, inside, outside)
- preserveAspectRatio: Maintain aspect ratio (default: true)
Convert between image formats with quality control.
Parameters:
- inputPath: Path to input image
- outputPath: Path to save converted image
- format: Target format (jpeg, png, webp, avif)
- quality: Quality for lossy formats (1-100, default: 80)
Extract a specific region from an image.
Parameters:
- inputPath: Path to input image
- outputPath: Path to save cropped image
- left: Left offset in pixels
- top: Top offset in pixels
- width: Width of crop area
- height: Height of crop area
Reduce image file size with quality settings.
Parameters:
- inputPath: Path to input image
- outputPath: Path to save compressed image
- quality: Compression quality (1-100, default: 80)
- progressive: Use progressive encoding for JPEG (default: true)
Rotate an image by any angle.
Parameters:
- inputPath: Path to input image
- outputPath: Path to save rotated image
- angle: Rotation angle in degrees (positive = clockwise)
- background: Background color for exposed areas (default: #000000)
Mirror an image horizontally or vertically.
Parameters:
- inputPath: Path to input image
- outputPath: Path to save flipped image
- direction: Flip direction (horizontal, vertical, both)
Extract metadata and information about an image.
Parameters:
- inputPath: Path to image file
Returns: format, dimensions, color space, file size, etc.
Generate multiple sizes from one image (perfect for responsive images).
Parameters:
- inputPath: Path to input image
- outputDir: Directory to save resized images
- sizes: Array of {width, height?, suffix}
- format: Output format for all sizes (optional)
"Please resize image.jpg to 800x600 pixels"
"Convert photo.png to WebP format with 90% quality"
"Crop avatar.jpg starting at (100, 100) with 200x200 size"
"Generate thumbnail sizes: 150px, 300px, and 600px wide"
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Build TypeScript
npm run build
# Run in development mode
npm run dev
MIT
Prerequisites
Time Estimate
15-60 minutes depending on server complexity
Steps
Troubleshooting
✓ Do
✗ Don't
💡 Pro Tips
Architecture
Model Context Protocol standardizes how AI hosts (Claude, Cursor) communicate with external tools and data sources through server implementations.
Protocols
Compatibility
✓ Use when
Use when you need Claude to access external data, execute actions, or integrate with tools. Best for extending AI capabilities beyond conversation.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid when native integrations exist (use official APIs directly), for real-time critical systems, or when security/compliance requires zero external dependencies.