minimax-mcp

name	minimax-mcp
description	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).

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

2. Configure mcporter (Recommended)

# 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

Related Resources

• GitHub: https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Coding-Plan-MCP
• MiniMax Platform: https://platform.minimaxi.com (China) / https://www.minimax.io (Global)