Poof MCP server
Remove image and video backgrounds from any AI assistant
Background removal MCP for images and video — transparent PNG/WebP in under 2 seconds, plus transparent WebM/MOV, green-screen MP4 or looping GIF from any clip with audio kept. Hosted at api.poof.bg/mcp (OAuth or API key) or local via npx @poof-bg/mcp.
Poof is a background removal API with an official MCP server, hosted at https://api.poof.bg/mcp (Streamable HTTP) or run locally with npx -y @poof-bg/mcp. Hand your agent an image — PNG, JPEG, WebP or still GIF, by URL or base64 — and it comes back as a transparent PNG or WebP in under 2 seconds, with hair-level edges on people, products, cars and animals. Video works too: remove_video_background takes a clip by URL and returns transparent WebM or MOV, a green-screen MP4, a looping transparent GIF or an alpha matte, up to 4K with the audio kept, as a job you poll with get_job. Sign in with OAuth from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other clients, or send an API key; images cost 1 credit and video 5 credits per second, from one pool with 100 free credits a month.
Images in under 2 seconds
remove_background returns a clean transparent PNG or WebP from a URL or base64 image — fine hair, fur and busy backgrounds, no manual masking.
Video, sound kept
remove_video_background outputs transparent WebM/MOV, green-screen MP4, looping GIF or an alpha matte, up to 4K; poll get_job for the download link.
Hosted or local
Connect to api.poof.bg/mcp with OAuth or an x-api-key header, or run the MIT-licensed @poof-bg/mcp over stdio. 100 free credits a month; get_account shows the balance.
Who it’s for. E-commerce teams, designers, video editors and app builders who want their agent to cut out product photos, portraits or clips — including teams moving off remove.bg before it shuts down on 1 December 2026.
Example prompts
auth: OAuth 2.1 sign-in or x-api-key header (POOF_API_KEY for local) · pricing: Free: 100 credits/mo · Pro $9/mo · Mega $29/mo · from $0.002/image, $0.45/min video · reviewed by MCPExplorer
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| Tool | Risk | Side effects | Approval |
|---|---|---|---|
| get_account Check your Poof account info and credit balance. | read | false | false |
| get_job Check the status of a video job and get its download link. | read | false | false |
| remove_background Remove the background from an image (PNG, JPEG, WebP or still GIF, by base64 or URL) and return a transparent PNG or WebP. Uses 1 credit. | read | false | false |
| remove_video_background Remove the background from a video by URL: transparent WebM/MOV, green-screen MP4, looping transparent GIF or alpha matte, audio kept (except GIF). Starts a job; 5 credits per second. | read | false | false |
x-api-key(optional) — Poof API key from dash.poof.bg. Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can sign in with OAuth instead.
Hosted Streamable-HTTP MCP with OAuth 2.1 (sign in with your Poof account) or an x-api-key header. Claude / Claude Desktop / Cowork: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http poof https://api.poof.bg/mcp. OAuth sessions expire after 30 days unused. Docs: https://docs.poof.bg/integrations/mcp
POOF_API_KEY— Your Poof API key from dash.poof.bg.
Local stdio server (Node 18+). Set POOF_API_KEY. Claude Desktop config: { "mcpServers": { "poof": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@poof-bg/mcp"], "env": { "POOF_API_KEY": "…" } } } }
- repohttps://github.com/poof-bg/mcp
- packagehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/@poof-bg/mcp
- homepagehttps://poof.bg
- licenseMIT
- adoption2 stars · 1 forks
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