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# Venice AI MCP Server
MCP server providing Claude Code access to [Venice AI](https://venice.ai) - a privacy-focused AI platform with uncensored models.
## Features
- **Privacy-first**: No data storage or logging
- **Uncensored models**: No content restrictions
- **Web search**: Real-time information retrieval
- **Image generation**: Flux model support
- **OpenAI-compatible**: Standard API format
## Available Tools
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `venice_chat` | General conversation with optional web search |
| `venice_complete` | Simple one-shot completion |
| `venice_uncensored` | Chat with no content restrictions (dolphin-mistral) |
| `venice_search` | Query with web search enabled |
| `venice_reason` | DeepSeek R1 reasoning (step-by-step) |
| `venice_code` | Code generation with Qwen Coder |
| `venice_analyze` | Code analysis (explain, review, bugs, improve, security) |
| `venice_image` | Image generation (Flux model) |
| `venice_embeddings` | Generate text embeddings |
| `venice_json` | Structured JSON output |
| `venice_summarize` | Text summarization |
| `venice_models` | List available models |
## Models
**Text Models:**
- `llama-3.3-70b` - Default, general conversation (128K context)
- `deepseek-r1-671b` - Advanced reasoning, chain-of-thought
- `qwen-2.5-coder-32b` - Code specialist
- `dolphin-2.9.3-mistral-7b` - Uncensored, no restrictions
**Image Models:**
- `flux-dev` - High-quality image generation
## Installation
```bash
cd ~/mcp-venice
npm install
npm run build
```
## Configuration
Add to `~/.claude.json`:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"venice": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "node",
"args": ["/Users/ntemis/mcp-venice/dist/index.js"],
"env": {
"VENICE_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}
```
## API Key
Get your API key from: https://venice.ai/settings/api
## Usage Examples
```
# Chat with web search
venice_chat(messages: [...], web_search: "on")
# Uncensored query
venice_uncensored(prompt: "...")
# Generate image
venice_image(prompt: "A sunset over mountains", style: "photorealistic")
# Code generation
venice_code(task: "Create a REST API", language: "typescript")
```
## Links
- [Venice AI](https://venice.ai)
- [API Documentation](https://docs.venice.ai)
- [OpenAI Compatibility](https://docs.venice.ai/api-reference/api-spec)
