# Photo Mosaic & AI Collage Maker - Collager.ai

Turns your own pictures into a photo mosaic or a shape collage — a heart, a number, a word. Runs as an MCP server with no sign-in.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: collagerai
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/collagerai/ai-collage-maker
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/photo-mosaic-ai-collage-maker-collagerai

## What it does

The server hands your agent five tools: `make_shape_collage`, `get_shape_collage`, `list_collage_shapes`, `list_mosaic_styles` and `start_photo_mosaic`. With them the assistant builds a collage shaped like a heart, a digit or a word, or a mosaic where every tile is one of your shots. No authentication is involved; the endpoint is `https://collager.ai/mcp`.

The repo also ships a skill called `photo-collage-maker`. It tells the assistant when to reach for the tools, when to call the REST API at `https://api.collager.ai/v1` with a key, and when to send you to the website. An OpenAPI spec is available for developers. MIT covers the skill text and configuration; the Collager.ai service keeps its own terms.

What you get in chat is a preview with a watermark. The full-resolution file is fetched on collager.ai, so an agent alone cannot hand you the clean output. Photos sit in Amazon S3 in Frankfurt and are wiped 30 days after the job is created; they are not used to train models.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://collager.ai/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-collage-maker https://collager.ai/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add photo-mosaic-ai-collage-maker-collagerai --url https://collager.ai/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "photo-mosaic-ai-collage-maker-collagerai": {
            "url": "https://collager.ai/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "photo-mosaic-ai-collage-maker-collagerai": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://collager.ai/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http photo-mosaic-ai-collage-maker-collagerai https://collager.ai/mcp
```

## When to use it
- build a mosaic from a portrait and hundreds of small shots
- make a heart-shaped collage for an anniversary
- spell out a number with family photos for a birthday
- arrange a word or a love note out of pictures
- preview a collage inside the agent chat

## Example prompts
- Make a heart collage from these 30 photos
- I want a mosaic of my dog where every tile is one of his own pictures

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