Venice MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Venice AI. Gives AI assistants like Claude access to Venice's text generation, image creation, text-to-speech, embeddings, and account management APIs.
What It Does
This MCP server lets Claude (or any MCP-compatible assistant) use Venice AI's features directly:
Chat with Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen, and other open models
Generate images using Stable Diffusion, FLUX, and more
Create speech from text with natural-sounding voices
Generate embeddings for search and RAG applications
Manage API keys and monitor rate limits
Quick Start
1. Get a Venice API Key
Sign up at venice.ai and create an API key in Settings โ API.
2. Install
3. Configure Claude Desktop
Add to your config file:
macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonWindows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.jsonLinux:
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Restart Claude Desktop. You'll see Venice tools available in the ๐ง menu.
Available Tools
Generation
Tool | Description |
| Chat with Venice AI language models |
| Generate images from text descriptions |
| Upscale and enhance images |
| Convert text to spoken audio |
| Generate text embeddings |
Discovery
Tool | Description |
| List available models (text, image, code) |
| List character personas |
| List image style presets |
Account Management
Requires an admin-level API key:
Tool | Description |
| List all API keys |
| Create a new API key |
| Get details for a key |
| Delete an API key |
| View rate limits and usage |
| View rate limit history |
Examples
Ask Claude to generate an image:
"Use Venice to create an image of a sunset over mountains"
Chat with a specific model:
"Ask Venice's DeepSeek model to explain quantum computing"
Check your usage:
"Show my Venice API rate limits"
Supported Models
Language Models: Llama 3.3 70B, DeepSeek R1, Qwen 3, Mistral, and more
Image Models: Stable Diffusion 3.5, FLUX, Fluently XL
Embeddings: BGE-M3 (1024 dimensions)
TTS: Kokoro with multiple voice options
Run venice_list_models to see all currently available models.
Requirements
Node.js 18+
Venice AI API key
Links
Venice AI - Platform home
Venice API Docs - API reference
MCP Documentation - Protocol spec
License
MIT - see LICENSE