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Claude Desktop

Two ways to install — the extension is the comfortable one.

Claude Desktop supports one-click local MCP servers as Desktop Extensions (.mcpb bundles).

  1. Download the latest imgflip-mcp-*.mcpb from the releases page.
  2. Double-click the file, or use Settings → Extensions → Install extension…
  3. Fill in the configuration form:
  4. Imgflip username / Imgflip password — stored in your OS keychain, not in a config file
  5. Enable Premium tools — leave off unless your account has API Premium

That's it. No JSON, no terminal.

Building the bundle yourself

pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm build
rm -rf node_modules
pnpm install --prod --frozen-lockfile --config.node-linker=hoisted
pnpm dlx @anthropic-ai/mcpb pack . imgflip-mcp.mcpb

Option B — manual JSON config

  1. Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config. This opens (or creates) claude_desktop_config.json:

    ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

    %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

  2. Add the server under mcpServers:

    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "imgflip": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "imgflip-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "IMGFLIP_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "IMGFLIP_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

    Add "IMGFLIP_PREMIUM": "true" to env if you have API Premium.

  3. Fully restart Claude Desktop — quit from the tray/menu bar, don't just close the window.

Verify

Open a new chat: the Imgflip tools appear in the tools menu (🔌 icon). Try:

"Make a 'This Is Fine' meme about our flaky CI pipeline."

The finished meme renders directly in the chat.