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minimax-mcp

v1.0.3

MiniMax MCP server for web search and image understanding. Use when needing: (1) Web search via MiniMax API, (2) Analyze/describe images, (3) Extract content from URLs. Requires MINIMAX_API_KEY (China: api.minimaxi.com, Global: api.minimax.io).

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Installation

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MiniMax MCP Skill

Overview

Official MiniMax Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for coding-plan users, providing AI-powered search and vision analysis capabilities.

Features

Tool Function Supported Formats
web_search Web search with structured results (title, link, snippet) -
understand_image AI image analysis and content recognition JPEG, PNG, WebP

Trigger Scenarios

Use this skill when user says: - "Search for xxx" / "Look up xxx" - "Look at this image" / "Analyze this picture" - "What's in this image" / "Describe this photo" - "Extract content from URL" / "Fetch this webpage"

Quick Start

1. Get API Key

Region API Key URL API Host
🇨🇳 China platform.minimaxi.com https://api.minimaxi.com
🇺🇳 Global minimax.io https://api.minimax.io 
# Add MCP server
mcporter config add minimax 
  --command "uvx minimax-coding-plan-mcp -y" 
  --env MINIMAX_API_KEY="your-key" 
  --env MINIMAX_API_HOST="https://api.minimaxi.com"

# Test connection
mcporter list

3. Direct Usage

# Search
mcporter call minimax.web_search query="keywords"

# Analyze image
mcporter call minimax.understand_image prompt="Describe this image" image_source="image-url-or-path"

Usage Examples

See references/examples.md

Environment Variables

Variable Required Description
MINIMAX_API_KEY ✅ Your MiniMax API Key
MINIMAX_API_HOST ✅ API endpoint

Important Notes

⚠️ API Key must match the host region!

Region API Key Source API Host
Global minimax.io https://api.minimax.io
China minimaxi.com https://api.minimaxi.com

If you get "Invalid API key" error, check if your Key and Host are from the same region.

Troubleshooting

  • "uvx not found": Install uv - brew install uv or curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
  • "Invalid API key": Confirm API Key and Host are from the same region
  • Image download failed: Ensure image URL is publicly accessible, supports JPEG/PNG/WebP
  • GitHub: https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Coding-Plan-MCP
  • MiniMax Platform: https://platform.minimaxi.com (China) / https://www.minimax.io (Global)