Fal Ai Media

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name: fal-ai-media
description: Unified media generation via fal.ai MCP — image, video, and audio. Covers text-to-image (Nano Banana), text/image-to-video (Seedance, Kling, Veo 3), text-to-speech (CSM-1B), and video-to-audio (ThinkSound). Use when the user wants to generate images, videos, or audio with AI.
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  origin: ECC
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# fal.ai Media Generation

> **Drift-prone skill.** fal.ai model IDs, pricing, inputs, and MCP tool names
> change quickly. Search or fetch the current model metadata before promising a
> specific model, parameter, output format, or cost.

Generate images, videos, and audio using fal.ai models via MCP.

## When to Activate

- User wants to generate images from text prompts
- Creating videos from text or images
- Generating speech, music, or sound effects
- Any media generation task
- User says "generate image", "create video", "text to speech", "make a thumbnail", or similar

## MCP Requirement

fal.ai MCP server must be configured. Add to `~/.claude.json`:

```json
"fal-ai": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "fal-ai-mcp-server"],
  "env": { "FAL_KEY": "YOUR_FAL_KEY_HERE" }
}
```

Get an API key at [fal.ai](https://fal.ai).

## MCP Tools

The fal.ai MCP provides these tools:
- `search` — Find available models by keyword
- `find` — Get model details and parameters
- `generate` — Run a model with parameters
- `result` — Check async generation status
- `status` — Check job status
- `cancel` — Cancel a running job
- `estimate_cost` — Estimate generation cost
- `models` — List popular models
- `upload` — Upload files for use as inputs

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## Image Generation

### Nano Banana 2 (Fast)
Best for: quick iterations, drafts, text-to-image, image editing.

```
generate(
  app_id: "fal-ai/nano-banana-2",
  input_data: {
    "prompt": "a futuristic cityscape at sunset, cyberpunk style",
    "image_size": "landscape_16_9",
    "num_images": 1,
    "seed": 42

## Anexo provider Higgsfield (leva YouTube rodada 9)

Catalogo de endpoints (t2v/i2v/t2i), polling ate MP4 local, custo por geracao registrado no chat, break-even vs subscription, bulk via workers (briefs para fan-out). Shootout mesmo-prompt entre providers antes de fixar o default. Ver ugc-seedance-talking-head para pipeline UGC completo.