Bannerbear MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Bannerbear MCP or direct API to generate images, render videos, update templates, and manage creative assets through natural language.

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Bannerbear is an API-driven platform for generating images and videos automatically at scale. It helps businesses create custom graphics, social visuals, and marketing assets using powerful templates.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Bannerbear action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Project

Creates a new Bannerbear project with the specified name and optional settings.

Create Signed Base

Tool to create a signed URL base for a template.

Create Template

Create a new blank template in a Bannerbear project.

Create Template Set

Tool to create a new template set by grouping multiple templates together.

Create Video Template

Tool to create a new video template for video generation in Bannerbear.

Create Webhook

Create a project-level webhook that fires for all events of a specific type.

Delete Template

Tool to delete a template referenced by its unique ID.

Delete Webhook

Tool to delete a webhook referenced by its unique ID.

Get Account Info

Retrieves Bannerbear account information including subscription plan, API usage, and quota limits.

Get Animated GIF

Tool to retrieve a single Animated Gif object by its unique identifier (UID).

Get Auth Status

Verify API authentication and check which project the API key is scoped to.

Get Available Fonts

This tool retrieves a list of all available fonts in Bannerbear.

Get Image

Retrieves a single Image object by its unique identifier (UID).

Get Project

Retrieves detailed information about a specific Bannerbear project by its unique identifier (UID).

Get Screenshot

Retrieve a single Screenshot object referenced by its unique ID.

Get Signed Bases

This tool retrieves a list of signed bases for a specific template.

Get Template

Tool to retrieve a single template by its unique ID with layer defaults.

Get Template Set Details

This tool retrieves detailed information about a specific template set using its unique identifier (UID).

Get Webhook

Retrieves a single Webhook object by its unique ID.

Hydrate Project

Hydrate a project by copying templates from another project.

Import Template

Tool to import templates from the Bannerbear template library or from other projects.

Join PDFs

Merges multiple PDF files into a single combined PDF document.

List Animated GIFs

Lists all animated GIFs in a Bannerbear project.

List Collections

Lists all collections in a Bannerbear project.

List Effects

Tool to list all available image effects in Bannerbear.

List Images

Lists all images in a Bannerbear project.

List Projects

Lists all projects in a Bannerbear account.

List Screenshots

Lists all screenshots in a Bannerbear project.

List Templates

This action retrieves a list of all templates available in your Bannerbear project.

List Template Sets

Tool to list all template sets inside a project with pagination support.

List Videos

This action retrieves a list of all videos created in your Bannerbear account.

List Video Templates

This action retrieves a list of all video templates available in your Bannerbear project.

Update Template Set

Tool to update a template set by modifying its list of templates.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Bannerbear MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["bannerbear"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to Bannerbear and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "Generate a social media image using the product launch template",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Bannerbear request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Bannerbear API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["bannerbear"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Bannerbear
3

Run Bannerbear tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "Generate a social media image using the product launch template" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the Bannerbear tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Bannerbear Integration

  • Supports both Bannerbear MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Bannerbear data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in API key storage with secure rotation
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Bannerbear access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Bannerbear
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Bannerbear resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Bannerbear requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your Bannerbear connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

Create the key in your Bannerbear account settings, then paste it once on Composio's connection page. Composio stores it encrypted and uses it only for the Bannerbear actions your agent runs. Nobody else in your workspace can read it, and you can revoke it inside Bannerbear at any time.

When you connect a Bannerbear account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in Bannerbear as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Whatever the credentials you connect allow inside Bannerbear. If Bannerbear lets you scope a key to specific permissions, create a scoped one so the agent can only do what you intend. You can revoke the key inside Bannerbear at any time.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each Bannerbear connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

The connection stops working the moment Bannerbear rejects the old key. Create a new key in Bannerbear and reconnect the account from the Composio dashboard or by asking your agent to reconnect Bannerbear. Nothing else changes.

Composio's free plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal Bannerbear use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your Bannerbear plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple Bannerbear accounts).

With Composio, you connect Bannerbear once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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