About Modelrunner
ModelRunner is a hosted MCP server for generating media with models from multiple providers. MCP clients can discover models, inspect their inputs, run inference, and retrieve results through one endpoint.
Key features
- 01Image, video, audio, and 3D generation
- 02Catalog search and model inspection
- 03Inference with hosted URL results
- 04Reusable model wrappers
- 05OAuth 2.1 browser authorization
Use cases
- 01Generate images or videos from an MCP client
- 02Create music or transcribe speech
- 03Inspect model inputs before inference
MCP support
Exposes ModelRunner’s multi-provider model catalog and inference tools to MCP clients through a remote Streamable HTTP endpoint. Authentication uses OAuth 2.1.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http modelrunner https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp{"mcpServers":{"modelrunner":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"modelrunner":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"modelrunner":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"modelrunner":{"serverUrl":"https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEModelRunner MCP Server
Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for ModelRunner — run 100+ AI models across image, video, audio, and 3D generation from Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client.
- Endpoint:
https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp(remote server, Streamable HTTP) - Auth: OAuth 2.1 — your browser authorizes once; no API key is pasted into config
- Registry name:
ai.modelrunner/mcp - Setup guide & full tool reference: modelrunner.ai/mcp
Unlike single-vendor MCP servers, one connection exposes the entire ModelRunner catalog — models from multiple AI providers behind one endpoint and one pay-per-use billing account. Your assistant can search the catalog, inspect a model's input schema, run inference, and get results back as hosted URLs directly in the conversation.
Maintaining an open-source project? ModelRunner gives active open-source projects free monthly API credits — apply at modelrunner.ai/oss-program.
Quick start
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http modelrunner https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp
Cursor / VS Code (native remote URL)
{
"mcpServers": {
"modelrunner": { "url": "https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp" }
}
}
Claude Desktop or any stdio-only client (via mcp-remote)
{
"mcpServers": {
"modelrunner": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp"]
}
}
}
On first use your AI assistant opens a browser window to sign in to ModelRunner — that's the whole setup.
Tools
| Group | Tools |
|---|---|
| Discover & inspect | search, list_models, list_wrappers, recommended_models, recommended_wrappers, get_model, get_wrapper, get_model_raw_schema, get_wrapper_raw_schema, get_wrapper_prompt_template, get_wrapper_field_mappings |
| Run & fetch | run_model, wait_for_request, get_request, list_my_requests |
| Upload files | create_upload_url, upload_file |
| Author wrappers | wrapper_authoring_guide, create_wrapper, patch_wrapper, preview_wrapper, list_my_wrappers, delete_wrapper |
"Wrappers" are reusable, simplified interfaces you can build over base models — a few friendly inputs, a prompt template, and baked-in settings — and they run through the same run_model-style tools.
Models & capabilities
The catalog covers text-to-image, image-to-image, text-to-video, image-to-video, video-to-video, music generation, speech-to-text, and image-to-3D, including models like Kling, HiDream, Hunyuan Image, Stable Audio, and Rodin. Browse by capability:
- Text-to-Image API · Image-to-Image API
- Text-to-Video API · Image-to-Video API · Video-to-Video API
- Music Generation API · Speech-to-Text API
- Image-to-3D API
Full catalog: modelrunner.ai/models
Pricing
Free to connect. Model runs are pay-per-use from prepaid credits — no subscription. Every model's exact price (per image, per second of video, per megapixel, …) is shown on its model page and on the pricing page.
About this repository
This repository documents the hosted ModelRunner MCP server. The server itself is first-party, run by ModelRunner as a remote MCP endpoint — there is nothing to install or self-host; the configs above are the entire integration.
- Landing page: modelrunner.ai/mcp
- Docs: modelrunner.ai/docs
- Model catalog: modelrunner.ai/models
License
Comments
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From what the protocol is to installing your first server, these answers cover most first questions.
An open protocol that defines how AI applications connect to external tools and data in a uniform way. Clients talk to the model; MCP servers provide tools, resources and prompt templates. They exchange standard messages, so one server can be reused by many clients.