Mimi Panda MCP Server for AI Assistants

Connect Claude and other MCP-compatible AI assistants directly to the Mimi Panda API. Let your AI create coloring pages, paint by numbers, AI images, filters, and upscaled artwork — all from within a single conversation.

Bring Mimi Panda into your AI assistant

What You Can Build with the MCP Server

Chat-first image tools for Claude and ChatGPT

Let Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible AI assistants call Mimi Panda directly from a conversation. The MCP server exposes Mimi Panda as structured tools, so your assistant can:

  • List available Mimi Panda API routes and capabilities
  • Create coloring pages, paint by numbers, and AI images
  • Apply AI filters or upscale existing images
  • Fetch task results and explain them in natural language

Automated image workflows

Use the MCP server to orchestrate multi-step Mimi Panda workflows without writing glue code in your app. From a single chat, your assistant can:

  • Call coloring, PBN, AI image, filter, and upscale endpoints through one tool
  • Poll and retrieve results for long-running image tasks
  • Combine multiple services in a single conversation flow
  • Attach custom headers, tokens, and query parameters per request

Developer-friendly integration

The server is a lightweight Node.js project that follows the official Model Context Protocol SDK. It is designed to be simple to run, configure, and extend:

  • Requires only Node.js 18+ and access to the Mimi Panda API
  • Configured via environment variables (.env) for base URL, prefix, token, headers, and timeout
  • Communicates with MCP clients over STDIO, no extra infrastructure needed
  • Open-source MIT license, so you can self-host and customize
See which Mimi Panda services your MCP tools can use

Available Tools & API Endpoints

  • Coloring endpoint icon
    Coloring Pages — POST /api/service/coloring
    Turn photos and artwork into high-quality coloring pages. From your MCP client you can pass image URLs or payloads, tweak settings, and let Mimi Panda return print-ready line art.
  • Paint by numbers endpoint icon
    Paint by Numbers — POST /api/service/pbn
    Generate paint-by-numbers templates from images. Control palettes and detail levels via the API, while your AI assistant explains the settings and results to the user.
  • AI coloring endpoint icon
    AI Coloring from Prompt — POST /api/service/ai/coloring
    Create brand‑new coloring pages directly from text prompts. Ideal for creative workflows where your AI assistant designs and generates content on the fly.
  • AI image endpoint icon
    AI Image Generation — POST /api/service/ai/image
    Use Mimi Panda as a general AI image generator behind your MCP client. Provide prompts in chat, then let the server call the API and return ready‑to‑use images.
  • AI filters endpoint icon
    AI Filters — POST /api/service/image/filter
    Apply artistic filters and transformations to existing images. Filter types and options are described in structured metadata so MCP clients can present them clearly.
  • Upscale endpoint icon
    Image Upscaling — POST /api/service/image/upscale
    Enhance and upscale images (2x or 4x) to improve quality for print or digital use. Trigger upscaling from your AI chat and receive high‑resolution outputs via the MCP server.
  • Task result endpoint icon
    Task Results — GET /api/service/item/{uuid}
    Poll and retrieve results for long‑running Mimi Panda tasks by UUID. Your MCP client can wait, check status, and then present download links or previews to the user.
  • Authentication endpoints icon
    Authentication & User Profile — /api/auth/login, /api/user/me, /api/user/logout
    Authenticate against Mimi Panda, manage tokens, and read profile data. The MCP server lets you reuse a single API token or pass one per request for flexible authentication.
Why developers love the Mimi Panda MCP Server

Key Advantages for MCP Clients

  • Arrow icon Native Model Context Protocol support

    The server is built on the official @modelcontextprotocol/sdk for Node.js, communicating with clients over STDIO. That means a clean, first‑class integration with MCP tools like Claude Desktop, without custom network plumbing.

  • Arrow icon Simple environment-based configuration

    Configure everything through environment variables or a .env file: MCP_API_BASE_URL, MCP_API_PREFIX, MCP_API_TOKEN, MCP_API_HEADERS, and MCP_API_TIMEOUT. Point it at your self‑hosted or cloud Mimi Panda instance with just a few values.

  • Arrow icon Safe, flexible authentication

    The server automatically handles Bearer tokens and lets you define a default token via MCP_API_TOKEN or override it per request. Tokens are never hard-coded into prompts, keeping your credentials decoupled from AI conversations.

  • Arrow icon Rich route discovery & schemas

    Use the list_api_routes tool to inspect every available Mimi Panda endpoint, including types, descriptions, enums, and field summaries. MCP clients can surface this metadata so you always know which parameters are accepted before making a call.

Production image quality from inside your AI chat

What Your MCP Tools Can Generate

The Mimi Panda MCP server talks to the same production APIs that power our web and desktop apps. When your AI assistant calls Mimi Panda through MCP, it receives the very same high-quality coloring pages, paint-by-numbers templates, and upscaled images that our business customers use for print and digital distribution.

Example: /api/service/coloring → Coloring Page output


Example: /api/service/pbn → Paint by Numbers output

See How Developers Are Using the MCP Server

Use-Cases & Playbooks

  • AI assistants & chat clients

    Connect Claude Desktop, ChatGPT Desktop, and other MCP-compatible clients directly to Mimi Panda. Let users ask for coloring pages, paint-by-numbers, AI images, filters, or upscales in natural language while the MCP server handles all API calls behind the scenes.

    Perfect for:

    • Personal creative assistants powered by Claude or ChatGPT
    • Support or onboarding bots that generate visual examples
    • AI copilots for designers, illustrators, and educators
    • AI assistants for marketing and sales teams
  • Automation & internal tools

    Use the MCP server as a bridge between your internal processes and the Mimi Panda API. Your AI assistant can generate images on demand, check task status, and route download links into the systems your team already uses.

    Perfect for:

    • Internal dashboards that call Mimi Panda via an MCP-aware agent
    • Automated content pipelines that need on-the-fly image generation
    • Back-office tools that simplify bulk image processing
  • Developer tools & SaaS platforms

    Integrate Mimi Panda capabilities into your own products without re-implementing API logic. The MCP server exposes generic list_api_routes and call_api tools that can be reused across different clients and environments.

    Perfect for:

    • MCP-enabled IDEs and developer tools
    • SaaS products that want on-demand coloring pages or AI images
    • Low-code / no-code platforms that integrate with MCP servers
  • Teams, studios & content pipelines

    Standardize how your team talks to Mimi Panda by running a shared MCP server. Everyone uses the same API base URL, prefix, headers, and timeout configuration, while still being free to use their own AI clients.

    Perfect for:

    • Creative studios producing large volumes of content
    • Multi-person teams coordinating around a single Mimi Panda account
    • Organizations experimenting with AI-driven image pipelines
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers!

FAQ for Mimi Panda MCP Server

Here you’ll find answers to common questions about the Mimi Panda MCP server: what it is, how to install it, how to connect it to Claude Desktop, and how it talks to the Mimi Panda API. Use this as a quick reference while you set everything up.
Still have questions? Open an issue on GitHub

It is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes the Mimi Panda API as tools for AI assistants such as Claude Desktop. Instead of calling HTTP endpoints manually, your MCP-compatible client can use structured tools to generate coloring pages, paint-by-numbers, AI images, filters, upscales, and more. The server is open-source and published under the MIT license.
Any client that implements the Model Context Protocol and supports STDIO-based MCP servers can connect. The README includes a ready-to-use example configuration for Claude Desktop, but other MCP-aware tools can also be pointed at the same Node.js entry point.
You need Node.js 18 or newer, plus access to a Mimi Panda API instance (either the main mimi-panda.com service or your own self-hosted deployment). After cloning the repository from GitHub, run “npm install” and configure your environment variables before starting the server.
Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the required variables: MCP_API_BASE_URL (for example https://mimi-panda.com), MCP_API_PREFIX (usually /api), MCP_API_TOKEN (optional default Bearer token), MCP_API_HEADERS (extra JSON headers), and MCP_API_TIMEOUT (in milliseconds). You can also set the same variables directly in your environment instead of using a .env file.
Edit your Claude Desktop configuration file (for example, claude_desktop_config.json on macOS) and add a new mcpServers entry named “mimi-panda”. Point the command to “node” and pass the path to src/mcp-server.mjs in the args array, along with any environment variables (MCP_API_BASE_URL, MCP_API_PREFIX, MCP_API_TOKEN). After saving the file, restart Claude Desktop and the server will appear as a connected MCP tool.
There are two main tools: list_api_routes and call_api. list_api_routes returns a structured catalog of available Mimi Panda endpoints, grouped and documented so your AI client knows which fields and values are accepted. call_api lets you perform HTTP requests (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE) to any exposed Mimi Panda route, including query parameters, JSON bodies, headers, and optional per-call tokens.
Yes. Sign in to the Mimi Panda application, obtain your API token from your account/profile settings, and then use it as MCP_API_TOKEN in your environment or pass it per-request through the call_api tool. The MCP server does not create accounts or issue tokens on its own; it only forwards authenticated requests to the Mimi Panda API.
The MCP server itself is a small Node.js application that you run locally or host wherever you like. It forwards requests to a Mimi Panda API instance, which can be the public mimi-panda.com service or your own deployment. This gives you full control over where the MCP server runs and how it connects to Mimi Panda.
The Mimi Panda MCP server is released under the MIT license, as noted in the LICENSE file of the GitHub repository. You are free to inspect, fork, customize, and self-host it for your own workflows and applications, subject to the terms of the MIT license.
The main reference is the README in the GitHub repository at https://github.com/merdekiti/mimi-panda-mcp-server, which includes installation steps, environment variables, available tools, example Claude Desktop configuration, and a summary of the underlying API endpoints. For deeper API details, use the list_api_routes tool from your MCP client or read the Mimi Panda API documentation.
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