cowork-media-mcp

An MCP connector that lets Claude Cowork / Claude Desktop generate media:

• Images through Google's Gemini Flash Image ("nano-banana")
• Video through Google's Veo

Once it's wired in, you just ask Claude in plain language ("make a logo of…", "generate a 5-second clip of…") and it routes image jobs to Gemini and video jobs to Veo on its own. Claude Cowork runs Claude, not Gemini or Veo, so it can't call them natively — this connector is the bridge.

What you need

A Google Generative Language API key (this is separate from anything on your BimRoss/Ross setup — it's your own personal key for your desktop Claude). Get one free at https://aistudio.google.com/apikey.

You also need Node.js 18+ installed. Check with node --version.

Install

Option A — no clone (recommended)

Add this to your Claude config file and restart Claude Desktop / Cowork:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "media": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:BimRoss/cowork-media-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "PASTE-YOUR-KEY-HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

The config file lives at:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

If the file already has an mcpServers block, add the "media" entry inside it instead of pasting a second block.

Option B — clone it locally

git clone https://github.com/BimRoss/cowork-media-mcp
cd cowork-media-mcp
npm install

Then point the config at the local file (swap in the real path):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "media": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/full/path/to/cowork-media-mcp/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "PASTE-YOUR-KEY-HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use it

Restart Claude, then just ask:

• "Use the media tool to make a neon logo of a running shoe on a dark background."
• "Generate a 5-second video of waves at sunset."

Finished files save to ~/cowork-media/ by default. Images also come back inline in the chat.

Tools

Tool	Model	Notes
generate_image	Gemini Flash Image	Fast, cheap. Returns inline + saves to disk.
generate_video	Veo 2	Async, 1–3 min. ~$2.80 per clip, billed every call.

Config knobs (optional env entries)

• GEMINI_IMAGE_MODEL — default gemini-3.1-flash-image
• GEMINI_VIDEO_MODEL — default veo-2.0-generate-001 (set veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 for audio)
• COWORK_MEDIA_DIR — where files save, default ~/cowork-media