Installation fails for mcp-genmedia experiment

[mikecheongx]

Hello,

I am trying to install the mcp-genmedia experiment by following the repository instructions.

The install.sh script runs and prints "All MCP servers have been installed successfully", but it does not actually create any of the executable files in $HOME/go/bin.

Here is the complete history of the commands I ran and the errors I encountered in my Google Cloud Shell session. I believe this shows the installation is currently broken.

Welcome to Cloud Shell! Type "help" to get started.
Your Cloud Platform project in this session is set to mikes-ai-resource.
Use gcloud config set project [PROJECT_ID] to change to a different project.
mikecheong86@cloudshell:~ (mikes-ai-resource)$ gcloud config set project Mikes_AI_Resources
WARNING: INVALID_ARGUMENT: Request contains an invalid argument.
Are you sure you wish to set property [core/project] to Mikes_AI_Resources?

Do you want to continue (Y/n)? y

ERROR: (gcloud.config.set) The project property must be set to a valid project ID, not the project name [Mikes_AI_Resources]
To set your project, run:

$ gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

or to unset it, run:

$ gcloud config unset project
mikecheong86@cloudshell:~ (mikes-ai-resource)$ gcloud config set project mikes-ai-resource
Updated property [core/project].
mikecheong86@cloudshell:~ (mikes-ai-resource)$ git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/vertex-ai-creative-studio.git
Cloning into 'vertex-ai-creative-studio'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 5443, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1040/1040), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (200/200), done.
remote: Total 5443 (delta 949), reused 852 (delta 840), pack-reused 4403 (from 3)
Receiving objects: 100% (5443/5443), 151.75 MiB | 17.73 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4001/4001), done.
mikecheong86@cloudshell:~ (mikes-ai-resource)$ cd vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia
mikecheong86@cloudshell:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia (mikes-ai-resource)$ bash setup.sh
bash: setup.sh: No such file or directory
mikecheong86@cloudshell:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia (mikes-ai-resource)$ ls -l
total 16
drwxrwxr-x 2 mikecheong86 mikecheong86 4096 Jun 27 15:52 assets
drwxrwxr-x 8 mikecheong86 mikecheong86 4096 Jun 27 15:52 mcp-genmedia-go
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mikecheong86 mikecheong86 3934 Jun 27 15:52 README.md
drwxrwxr-x 6 mikecheong86 mikecheong86 4096 Jun 27 15:52 sample-agents
mikecheong86@cloudshell:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia (mikes-ai-resource)$ cd mcp-genmedia-go
mikecheong86@cloudshell:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go (mikes-ai-resource)$ ./install.sh
WARNING: Your PATH does not include the Go binary directory (/home/mikecheong86/go/bin).
The MCP server binaries will be installed there.
To run them from your command line, please add the following line to your shell configuration file (e.g., ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc):

export PATH="/opt/gradle/bin:/opt/maven/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/node_packages/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/rvm/bin:/home/mikecheong86/.gems/bin:/usr/local/rvm/bin:/home/mikecheong86/gopath/bin:/google/gopath/bin:/google/flutter/bin:/usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/bin:/home/mikecheong86/go/bin"

You will need to restart your shell or run 'source <your_config_file>' for the change to take effect.
Press Enter to continue, or Ctrl+C to exit and configure your PATH.^C
mikecheong86@cloudshell:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go (mikes-ai-resource)$ nano /.bashrc
mikecheong86@cloudshell:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go (mikes-ai-resource)$ ^C
mikecheong86@cloudshell:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go (mikes-ai-resource)$ nano /.bashrc
mikecheong86@cloudshell:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go (mikes-ai-resource)$ source /.bashrc
mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go$ ./install.sh
Please choose an MCP server to install:

1. mcp-avtool-go
2. mcp-lyria-go
3. mcp-imagen-go
4. mcp-chirp3-go
5. mcp-veo-go
6. Install All
7. Exit
   #? 6
   Installing all MCP servers...
   Installing mcp-avtool-go...
   go: downloading github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go v0.30.1
   go: downloading github.com/rs/cors v1.11.1
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   go: downloading go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0
   go: downloading go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.36.0
   go: downloading cloud.google.com/go v0.121.2
   go: downloading github.com/spf13/cast v1.9.2
   go: downloading github.com/yosida95/uritemplate/v3 v3.0.2
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   go: downloading go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.36.0
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   go: downloading go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.36.0
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   go: downloading github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.26.3
   go: downloading golang.org/x/net v0.41.0
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   go: downloading cloud.google.com/go/monitoring v1.24.2
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   go: downloading golang.org/x/text v0.26.0
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   go: downloading cel.dev/expr v0.24.0
   go: downloading golang.org/x/sync v0.15.0
   go: downloading golang.org/x/crypto v0.39.0
   Installing mcp-lyria-go...
   go: downloading cloud.google.com/go/aiplatform v1.90.0
   go: downloading cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.6.7
   Installing mcp-imagen-go...
   go: downloading google.golang.org/genai v1.7.0
   go: downloading github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
   go: downloading github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3
   Installing mcp-chirp3-go...
   go: downloading cloud.google.com/go/texttospeech v1.13.0
   Installing mcp-veo-go...
   All MCP servers have been installed successfully.
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go$ $HOME/go/bin/mcp-go
   -bash: /home/mikecheong86/go/bin/mcp-go: No such file or directory
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go$ ls -l $HOME/go/bin
   ls: cannot access '/home/mikecheong86/go/bin': No such file or directory
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go$ find ~ -name mcp-go
   /home/mikecheong86/gopath/pkg/mod/cache/download/github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go$ go install
   no Go files in /home/mikecheong86/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go$ ls -l $HOME/go/bin
   ls: cannot access '/home/mikecheong86/go/bin': No such file or directory
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go$ go install ./...
   pattern ./...: directory prefix . does not contain modules listed in go.work or their selected dependencies
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go$ cd ~
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:$ cp -r vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/ mcp-genmedia-isolated
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:$ cd mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ go install ./cmd/mcp-go
   stat /home/mikecheong86/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go/cmd/mcp-go: directory not found
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ find . -print
   .
   ./mcp-avtool-go
   ./mcp-avtool-go/avtool.go
   ./mcp-avtool-go/ffprobe_commands_test.go
   ./mcp-avtool-go/ffprobe_commands.go
   ./mcp-avtool-go/README.md
   ./mcp-avtool-go/go.sum
   ./mcp-avtool-go/mcp_handlers_test.go
   ./mcp-avtool-go/mcp_handlers.go
   ./mcp-avtool-go/ffmpeg_commands.go
   ./mcp-avtool-go/compositing_recipes.md
   ./mcp-avtool-go/ffmpeg_commands_test.go
   ./mcp-avtool-go/test.mp3
   ./mcp-avtool-go/go.mod
   ./install.sh
   ./go.work
   ./go.work.sum
   ./mcp-lyria-go
   ./mcp-lyria-go/README.md
   ./mcp-lyria-go/go.sum
   ./mcp-lyria-go/lyria.go
   ./mcp-lyria-go/go.mod
   ./README.md
   ./CHANGELOG.md
   ./mcp-imagen-go
   ./mcp-imagen-go/.gitignore
   ./mcp-imagen-go/README.md
   ./mcp-imagen-go/go.sum
   ./mcp-imagen-go/makedist
   ./mcp-imagen-go/imagen.go
   ./mcp-imagen-go/go.mod
   ./mcp-common
   ./mcp-common/gcs_utils_test.go
   ./mcp-common/config.go
   ./mcp-common/otel.go
   ./mcp-common/file_utils_test.go
   ./mcp-common/file_utils.go
   ./mcp-common/gcs_utils.go
   ./mcp-common/README.md
   ./mcp-common/go.sum
   ./mcp-common/config_test.go
   ./mcp-common/go.mod
   ./mcp-chirp3-go
   ./mcp-chirp3-go/.gitignore
   ./mcp-chirp3-go/README.md
   ./mcp-chirp3-go/go.sum
   ./mcp-chirp3-go/makedist
   ./mcp-chirp3-go/chirp3.go
   ./mcp-chirp3-go/go.mod
   ./mcp-veo-go
   ./mcp-veo-go/handlers.go
   ./mcp-veo-go/.gitignore
   ./mcp-veo-go/README.md
   ./mcp-veo-go/go.sum
   ./mcp-veo-go/veo.go
   ./mcp-veo-go/makedist
   ./mcp-veo-go/video_logic.go
   ./mcp-veo-go/utils.go
   ./mcp-veo-go/go.mod
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ go install ./...
   pattern ./...: directory prefix . does not contain modules listed in go.work or their selected dependencies
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ rm go.work
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ go install ./...
   pattern ./...: directory prefix . does not contain main module or its selected dependencies
   mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:~/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ ./install.sh
   Please choose an MCP server to install:
8. mcp-avtool-go
9. mcp-lyria-go
10. mcp-imagen-go
11. mcp-chirp3-go
12. mcp-veo-go
13. Install All
14. Exit
    #? 6
    Installing all MCP servers...
    Installing mcp-avtool-go...
    mcp_handlers.go:14:2: github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go@v0.30.1: missing go.sum entry for go.mod file; to add it:
    go mod download github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go
    avtool.go:11:2: github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go@v0.30.1: missing go.sum entry for go.mod file; to add it:
    go mod download github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go
    ERROR: Failed to install mcp-avtool-go. Please check the output above for details.
    mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ cd mcp-avtool-go
    mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go/mcp-avtool-go$ go mod tidy
    go: downloading github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
    go: downloading go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
    go: downloading go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.36.0
    go: downloading github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
    go: downloading github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
    go: downloading github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/cloudmock v0.52.0
    go: downloading github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6
    go: downloading gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
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    go: downloading github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1
    go: downloading github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/ratelimit v0.1.0
    go: downloading cloud.google.com/go/logging v1.13.0
    go: downloading cloud.google.com/go/trace v1.11.6
    go: downloading github.com/kr/text v0.2.0
    go: downloading github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1
    mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go/mcp-avtool-go$ cd ..
    mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ ./install.sh
    Please choose an MCP server to install:
15. mcp-avtool-go
16. mcp-lyria-go
17. mcp-imagen-go
18. mcp-chirp3-go
19. mcp-veo-go
20. Install All
21. Exit
    #? 6
    Installing all MCP servers...
    Installing mcp-avtool-go...
    Installing mcp-lyria-go...
    Installing mcp-imagen-go...
    Installing mcp-chirp3-go...
    go: downloading github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/vertex-ai-creative-studio/experiments/mcp-genmedia/mcp-genmedia-go/mcp-common v0.0.0-20250625220510-c9cb050f0f91
    Installing mcp-veo-go...
    All MCP servers have been installed successfully.
    mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ ls -l $HOME/go/bin
    ls: cannot access '/home/mikecheong86/go/bin': No such file or directory
    mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ find /mcp-genmedia-isolated -type f -executable
    /home/mikecheong86/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go/install.sh
    /home/mikecheong86/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go/mcp-imagen-go/makedist
    /home/mikecheong86/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go/mcp-chirp3-go/makedist
    /home/mikecheong86/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go/mcp-veo-go/makedist
    mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$ ^C
    mikecheong86@cs-624124880446-default:~/mcp-genmedia-isolated/mcp-genmedia-go$

[ghchinoy]

Hi @mikecheongx - thanks for this report. I'll try to repro in Cloud Shell and report back. I hadn't tried this surface before.

[ghchinoy]

ls: cannot access '/home/mikecheong86/go/bin': No such file or directory

This line makes me think that ~/go/bin doesn't exist.

In trying this on my cloud shell, ~/go did exist, but the bin subdir didn't.

It looks like you'll have to manually create the ~/go/bin dir.

I manually did the following

mkdir ~/go/bin
export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin
/bin/bash install.sh

This installed the mcp servers at the expected location and this worked:

which mcp-imagen-go
/home/ghchinoy/gopath/bin/mcp-imagen-go

Please try this and if this works for you, I'll clarify the README

I validated via the following and received the expected tool list JSON.

export PROJECT_ID=$(gcloud config get project)
echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/list","id":1}' | mcp-imagen-go