# pixelpanda-mcp

Lets your coding agent edit images from chat: crop, compress, cut backgrounds, upscale, and generate product shots.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 21
- Author: RyanKramer
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/RyanKramer/pixelpanda-mcp
- Updated: 2026-08-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/pixelpanda-mcp

## What it does

The server exposes 38 tools in three tiers. Local ones run offline with no account: `resize_image`, `crop_image`, `rotate_image`, `compress_image`, `convert_format`, `merge_images`, `add_watermark`, `blur_image`, `adjust_image`, `get_image_info` and more. Nothing to sign up for.

Four AI tools sit in the middle tier at 3 uses per day: background removal to transparent PNG, 2x or 4x upscaling through Real-ESRGAN, text and watermark removal with OCR plus inpainting, and image analysis covering objects, colors and composition. The paid tier spends credits per call — product photos and scenes, try-on with an avatar, text-prompt editing on FLUX Kontext Pro, video from a still. Bookkeeping calls like `check_credits` and `check_job_status` cost nothing.

\`PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN` matters only for the paid tools; local and free AI calls keep working without it. The server starts as `uvx pixelpanda-mcp`, so `uv` has to be on your machine first.

## Requirements
- Needs: Python and uv (commands run via uvx)
- Environment variables: `PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add pixelpanda-mcp -e PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN=<PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN> -- uvx pixelpanda-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from pixelpanda-mcp <command>

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add pixelpanda-mcp --env PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN=<PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN> -- uvx pixelpanda-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from pixelpanda-mcp <command>

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "pixelpanda-mcp": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "pixelpanda-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN": "<PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from pixelpanda-mcp <command>

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "pixelpanda-mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "pixelpanda-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN": "<PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from pixelpanda-mcp <command>

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN=<PIXELPANDA_API_TOKEN> pixelpanda-mcp uvx pixelpanda-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from pixelpanda-mcp <command>

## When to use it
- resize a photo to exact pixel width
- compress an image to WebP with a quality setting
- cut the background out of a product shot
- upscale a small image 2x or 4x
- stitch three screenshots into one image

## Example prompts
- Resize `photo.jpg` to 800px wide
- Remove the background from `product.png`
- Upscale this image 4x

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