BackGone Background Removal MCP Server

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BackGone Background Removal is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.

Remove image backgrounds (transparent PNG/WebP) and look up passport photo rules.

Uptime history 6 days of history

6 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

499 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check BackGone Background Removal every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add backgone --transport http https://backgone.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://backgone.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.backgone]
url = "https://backgone.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "backgone": {
      "url": "https://backgone.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "backgone": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://backgone.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

background

remove_background

Removes the background from one image with BackGone’s production engine and returns a transparent PNG (or WebP) inline. Costs 1 API credit on success; failed calls are not charged. Requires an API key sent as "Authorization: Bearer sk_..." — create one at https://backgone.com/settings/apikeys and top up API credits at https://backgone.com/pricing. Provide exactly one of image_url or image_base64.

photo

check_photo_requirements

Free. Returns the official passport or ID photo requirements for a country (printed size, head height, background, digital file rules, whether editing is allowed, the official source URL and the date we verified it). Call without a country to list the countries covered. No API key needed.

pricing

get_pricing

Free. Returns the current BackGone prices: API credit top-up packs (one image = one API credit, credits never expire) and the website subscription/credit-pack tiers. No API key needed.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://backgone.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	815 ms	8 min ago

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BackGone Background Removal — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can BackGone Background Removal do?

It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_photo_requirements, get_pricing, remove_background. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is BackGone Background Removal working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 499 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect BackGone Background Removal?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does BackGone Background Removal need an API key?

No. BackGone Background Removal completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is BackGone Background Removal?

It answers our handshake in 499 ms on average, which is faster than 24% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.