cowork-media-mcp

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 videojobs to Veo on its own. Claude Cowork runs Claude, not Gemini or Veo, so itcan't call them natively — this connector is the bridge.

What you need

A Google Generative Language API key (this is separate from anything onyour 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 insideit 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 backinline in the chat.

Tools

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