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WaveSpeedAI MCP Server

WaveSpeedAI MCP Server is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Run any model on the live WaveSpeed catalog: image, video, audio, 3D. It has 34 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @wavespeed/mcp.

github.com/WaveSpeedAI/mcp-server (opens in a new tab)

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Install WaveSpeedAI MCP Server

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wavespeedai-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wavespeed/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAVESPEED_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env WAVESPEED_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio wavespeedai-mcp-server -- npx -y @wavespeed/mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wavespeedai-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wavespeed/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAVESPEED_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wavespeed_api_key",
      "description": "WAVESPEED_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "wavespeedai-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wavespeed/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAVESPEED_API_KEY": "${input:wavespeed_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (remote)

claude mcp add --transport http wavespeedai-mcp-server "https://api.wavespeed.ai/mcp"

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
WAVESPEED_API_KEYsecretNoWaveSpeed API key (https://wavespeed.ai/accesskey). Optional when the wavespeed CLI is logged in.
WAVESPEED_BASE_URLNoOverride the WaveSpeed API base URL. Defaults to https://api.wavespeed.ai.
WAVESPEED_CLIENT_NAMENoOverride the client name reported for channel attribution. Defaults to wavespeed-mcp.

Tools (11)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • list_models

    Search the live catalog by text or modality type

  • get_model_schema

    A model's real input schema (required, properties, defaults), with a link to the model's playground page

  • run_model

    Submit + wait; rejects input keys the model doesn't accept; @path inputs upload automatically; returns output URLs

  • get_price

    Cost estimate for the inputs you pass (no charge), with a link to the model's playground page

  • get_balance

    Account credit balance, with the top-up link

  • list_predictions

    Run history (default last 24h); filter by model, status, time range

  • list_billings

    Itemized charges and refunds (needs a Billing-access key)

  • get_usage

    Spend, request counts and per-model breakdown (default last 7 days; needs a Billing-access key)

  • delete_predictions

    Delete finished runs from the history (up to 100; needs confirm: true, cannot be undone from here)

  • upload_file

    Local file → hosted URL (24h content-hash dedupe)

  • get_prediction

    Status/outputs of any run by id; optional waitseconds to wait for it

About WaveSpeedAI MCP Server

An MCP server for the WaveSpeed platform: run any model on the live catalog — image, video, audio, 3D — from Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, or any MCP client.

  • ai-image-generation
  • ai-video-generation
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • wavespeed

FAQ

WaveSpeedAI MCP Server FAQ

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How do I install the WaveSpeedAI MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @wavespeed/mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is WaveSpeedAI MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is WaveSpeedAI MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 21, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.