MiniMax AI

What is MiniMax AI?

MiniMax AI is a powerful platform offering high-quality video generation, text-to-speech conversion, and voice cloning capabilities through its API. The MiniMax MCP server enables interaction with these tools and integrates with various MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and OpenAI Agents.

How to use MiniMax AI?

1. Get an API key from MiniMax's platform.
2. Install the uv Python package manager.
3. Configure the MCP server in your desired client (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cursor) by specifying the API key, host, and base path.
4. Use the available tools: text_to_audio, list_voices, voice_clone, generate_video, text_to_image, and query_video_generation.

Key features of MiniMax AI?

• Video Generation: Generate videos from text prompts.
• Text-to-Speech: Convert text to audio with various voices.
• Voice Cloning: Clone voices using audio files.
• Image Generation: Generate images from text prompts.
• Robust Error Handling: Built-in error handling for common issues like invalid API keys.
• Flexible Transport: Supports both stdio and SSE transport types for local or cloud deployment.

Use cases of MiniMax AI?

1. Multimedia Content Creation: Generate videos, images, and audio for content platforms.
2. Voice Assistants: Clone voices for personalized virtual assistants.
3. Educational Tools: Create interactive learning materials with generated videos and audio.
4. Entertainment: Produce custom videos and images for games, social media, and more.
5. Marketing: Generate dynamic ads and promotional content.

FAQ from MiniMax AI?

• Q: How to fix an invalid API key error?

  Ensure your API key matches the API host region.

• Q: What are the valid API host URLs?

  Global: https://api.minimax.io Mainland: https://api.minimaxi.com

• Q: What is the error spawn uvx ENOENT?

  Confirm the absolute path of uvx in your terminal and update the configuration accordingly.

• Q: How to use generate_video in async-mode?

  Define completion rules before starting a video generation task or configure them in your IDE settings (e.g., Cursor).

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 Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenAI Agents and others to generate speech, clone voices, generate video, generate image and more.

Documentation

• 中文文档
• MiniMax-MCP-JS - Official JavaScript implementation of MiniMax MCP

Quickstart with MCP Client

1. Get your API key from MiniMax.
2. Install uv (Python package manager), install with curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh or see the uv repo for additional install methods.
3. Important: The API host and key vary by region and must match; otherwise, you'll encounter an Invalid API key error.

Region	Global	Mainland
MINIMAX_API_KEY	go get from MiniMax Global	go get from MiniMax
MINIMAX_API_HOST	https://api.minimax.io	https://api.minimaxi.com

Claude Desktop

Go to Claude > Settings > Developer > Edit Config > claude_desktop_config.json to include the following:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "MiniMax": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "minimax-mcp",
        "-y"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINIMAX_API_KEY": "insert-your-api-key-here",
        "MINIMAX_MCP_BASE_PATH": "local-output-dir-path, such as /User/xxx/Desktop",
        "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "api host, https://api.minimax.io | https://api.minimaxi.com",
        "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.minimax.io
• Mainland Host：https://api.minimaxi.com

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 to Cursor -> 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 through stdout	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
query_video_generation	Query the result of video generation task

FAQ

1. invalid api key

Please ensure your API key and API host are regionally aligned

Region	Global	Mainland
MINIMAX_API_KEY	go get from MiniMax Global	go get from MiniMax
MINIMAX_API_HOST	https://api.minimax.io	https://api.minimaxi.com

2. spawn uvx ENOENT

Please confirm its absolute path by running this command in your terminal:

which uvx

Once you obtain the absolute path (e.g., /usr/local/bin/uvx), update your configuration to use that path (e.g., "command": "/usr/local/bin/uvx").

3. How to use generate_video in async-mode

Define completion rules before starting: Alternatively, these rules can be configured in your IDE settings (e.g., Cursor):

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