Cursor Integration with Seedream MCP

You asked Midjourney to create a poster saying "Happy Spring Festival," but the text came out as garbled characters. You asked DALL-E to create an "ink wash landscape," and the result looked like an oil painting.

ByteDance's Seedream specifically addresses this issue—it truly understands Chinese. Writing "Happy New Year" results in clear and readable text, and creating "national trend" captures the essence perfectly.

With MCP configured in Cursor, you no longer have to worry about Chinese materials when working on domestic market projects.

Obtain API Token

Before using the Seedream MCP Server, you need an API Token from AceData Cloud. The process is very simple:

  1. Open the AceData Cloud platform, which supports GitHub, Google, or WeChat login. You will automatically receive a free quota after registration.
  2. After logging in, you can see your API Token on the homepage; click the copy button to obtain it.

AceData Cloud platform homepage Token

  1. If your quota runs out, you can recharge at the console, supporting Alipay, WeChat, and Stripe.

One Token can be used for all MCP Servers, no need to apply separately for each service.

Configuration

Create .cursor/mcp.json in the project root directory:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seedream": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://seedream.mcp.acedata.cloud/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer yourToken"
      }
    }
  }
}

Unique Capabilities of Seedream

Chinese Text Rendering

This is the core advantage of Seedream—Chinese characters in images are clear and correct:

> Generate a poster with large text saying "2025 Developer Conference," subtitle "AI Drives the Future," with a blue tech-style background.

Try it with Midjourney or DALL-E? The Chinese characters are mostly jumbled.

National Style Aesthetics

To create an app aimed at domestic users, the guide page wants some elements of Chinese culture:

> Generate an illustration for a new Chinese-style app guide page, with ink wash mountains in the distance and a softly glowing digital river in the foreground, overall color tone is greenish.

Seedream's training data includes a wealth of Chinese internet aesthetics, making this style its comfort zone.

Marketing Materials in One Go

For an e-commerce project, the PM needs a promotional banner:

> Generate an e-commerce promotional banner with the title "Limited Time 30% Off," background in gradient orange-red, featuring some shopping bags and gift box elements.

Chinese text + commercial design sense, one image from Seedream is enough.

Tools

Tool Description
seedream_generate_image Text to image generation

Other Editor Configurations