openclip-remove-background
Installation
SKILL.md
OpenClip: background removal
remove_background takes an image and returns a transparent PNG with the background cut out.
It is FREE, it needs an OpenClip account but no subscription and no credits. There are no
parameters to tune, one call does the whole job.
Setup (once)
OpenClip is a remote MCP server at https://openclip.app/mcp. Sign in with your OpenClip
account when the OAuth prompt appears, there is no API key to copy.
- Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http openclip https://openclip.app/mcp, then/mcpto authorize. - Claude Desktop / web: Settings, Connectors, "Add custom connector", paste the URL, sign in.
- Cursor (
.cursor/mcp.json):{ "mcpServers": { "openclip": { "url": "https://openclip.app/mcp" } } } - Header-only clients: mint an MCP token at
openclip.app/settings/connectand connect tohttps://openclip.app/mcp/keywithAuthorization: Bearer <token>.
Sanity check: call get_account.