Before: move the brief between tools
- Ask AI to write a prompt
- Paste it into a generation app
- Generate images and videos separately
- Download and organize the files
ImaStudio MCP & CLI
Create images and videos in Claude, Cursor, and Codex
Bring image, video, and audio generation into the AI workflow you already use. Use your assets, generate content, and request changes in the same Claude, Cursor, or Codex conversation or console. Results stay on IMA Canvas, with prompts and generation history to revisit.
How to connect
Connect IMA canvas to Claude Code
Copy this message and send it to Claude Code. It will install IMA Studio and then create on your canvas directly.
Connect my IMA Studio canvas here so you can create directly on my canvases.
1. Run this command: claude mcp add --transport http --client-id claude-code-ima ima https://api.imastudio.com/mcp
2. When it's done, tell me to run /mcp, pick ima, then sign in to IMA Studio in the browser that opens and click Allow (if ima doesn't show up in /mcp yet, restart Claude Code first).
Once I've authorized it, tell me we're ready to create.
From a prompt to finished content, with fewer tool switches
When your workflow still relies on copying prompts into separate image and video apps, ImaStudio MCP brings generation back into your AI conversation. Describe the task, let your AI call IMA, and keep the results and revisions together.
With IMA: continue in one conversation or console
- Tell your AI what you need
- Call IMA to generate images and video
- Review and refine on one canvas
- Revisit generation history and continue
Your AI conversation or console
Create launch posters and product videos for this week's new products. Keep the results on the same canvas.
After the image and video are generated, ask your AI for changes or open IMA Canvas to review them. For the next campaign, continue from the existing records.
Workflow illustration · switch between image and video examples
Example generation records
Prompt for this result
Create a launch poster from the product image, preserving the bottle, packaging, and label, with a background in the brand colors.
Revisit generated images, videos, and their prompts in your history, with results also kept on the canvas. Find an earlier version and keep editing instead of relying on a folder of downloads to reconstruct your work.
Who will use this most?
If your work starts with a brief, followed by finding assets, writing prompts, generating media, and making revisions, this connection can reduce the handoffs in between.
E-commerce and brand marketing teams
Prepare posters and videos for launches, promotions, and ads using existing product images, logos, and brand assets.
For example: make a launch poster and vertical ad for one product, then find the original record when the campaign dates change.
Designers and content creators
Develop the visual direction, reference assets, and image and video versions in one creative conversation, then keep refining selected results on your canvas.
For example: approve a key visual, then use the same style for social images and short videos.
Developers and AI automation users
Call IMA from tools such as Claude Code and Codex to work with local assets, generate resources, or repeat production tasks through CLI scripts.
For example: generate images while building a website, or use a script to process several versions of the same asset set.
Here's what you can do once connected
Claude
Create a launch poster for each of these two products. Keep the packaging and labels, and match each background to the product's colors.
- media_models_list
- media_generate · image
- media_generate · image
Both launch posters are on your canvas. You can keep adjusting their backgrounds, text, and composition.
Create product posters
Add product images and describe the layout, background, and packaging details to preserve. Review the posters on your canvas and keep refining them.
Reuse your brand assets
Ask the AI to use the logo and product images in an existing brand pack, keeping the colors and visual direction consistent.
Organize creative results
After several generations, ask the AI to group and arrange images and videos so you can compare versions on your canvas.
Work with local files through the CLI
Let your AI upload local assets, generate content, and download the results. This also works for repeated file-processing tasks.
Which connection fits your workflow?
- MCP
- Use MCP to let a compatible AI tool call IMA's creative capabilities. Choose your tool in the panel above and follow its connection and authorization steps.
- CLI
- Use the CLI when your AI needs to upload files from your computer, download results, or run scripts for repeated production tasks.
Claude Code and Codex support both options. Choose by how you work; both use your IMA account.
Security and permissions
Sign in with IMA
Sign in to IMA in your browser, review the requested permissions, and authorize the connection without pasting an API key into your AI conversation.
Revoke anytime
When you no longer need a connection, find the application under Connected Apps in IMA settings and revoke its access.
Generation uses IMA credits
Content generated through an authorized AI tool uses the same IMA account and credits as creation on the website.
ImaStudio MCP & CLI FAQ
Generate images, video, and audio, use existing assets, and organize your canvas. For a product launch, ask it to make a poster from your product image, then create a promotional video for the same product. You can review the results together on your IMA canvas.
Connecting is free. Content generation uses your IMA credits at the same rates as the website. Any subscription to a third-party AI tool is separate from your IMA credit balance.
Ask the AI to list the models currently available, then specify one for generation. For example, ask it to use the same product image and brief with two available image models, then compare the results on your canvas.
Use an AI tool that can work with local files together with the CLI. Tell it where your product images are, ask it to upload them and create a video, then download the result to a folder you choose.
Results are saved on your IMA canvas, and you can revisit their prompts and outputs in generation history. If a product looks right but needs a different background, find that version and keep editing. Return to the same creation records for the next campaign instead of searching through downloads.
The authorization page lists the permissions the application requests. Review them before approving. When you stop using the connection, open Connected Apps in IMA settings and revoke the application's access.
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, OpenCode, Kimi Code, ZCode, Claude, WorkBuddy, OpenClaw, Hermes, Grok Bot, and any other tool that supports remote MCP with OAuth sign-in.
In its MCP settings, add a remote server (Streamable HTTP) with the address below, then sign in to IMA Studio when asked.
https://api.imastudio.com/mcp