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Edit images in Claude with Photoroom

Add Photoroom as a custom connector, then ask Claude to remove backgrounds, stage products or put clothes on a model. Works in Claude, Cowork and Claude Code.

Add the Photoroom connector to Claude

Sign in with your Photoroom account and Photoroom creates the API key for you. Works on every Claude plan.
Claude.ai

Claude.ai

Go to ‘Customize’, then ‘Connectors’. Click ‘+ Add’, choose ‘Add custom connector’, and paste https://mcp.photoroom.com/mcp.

Claude Cowork

Claude Cowork

In the Claude desktop app, go to ‘Customize’, then ‘Connectors’. Click ‘+ Add’, choose ‘Add custom connector’, and paste https://mcp.photoroom.com/mcp.

Claude Code

Claude Code

Run this in your terminal:
claude mcp add --transport http Photoroom https://mcp.photoroom.com/mcp

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Claude image editing with every Photoroom tool

Remove backgrounds, add shadows, generate scenes and dress virtual models, all from a chat. Describe the edit and Claude picks the right Photoroom tool, on one image or a whole folder.

Photoroom MCP

Connect the Photoroom MCP to the LLM where you work an automate your product listing visuals.

Background Removal

The AI background removal API detects complex edges, handles transparency, and delivers clean cutouts at scale - ideal for product catalogs and marketplace listings.

Virtual Model

Place apparel and accessories on AI-generated models that match your brand aesthetic. On-model imagery via the Virtual Model API: no casting, no studio, no production timelines.

Flat Lay

Generate consistent, editorial-quality flat lay product photography at enterprise scale. Maintain visual identity across thousands of SKUs through the Flat Lay API.

Ghost Mannequin

Produce ghost mannequin apparel shots with perfect shape retention through an AI-powered Ghost Mannequin API endpoint. Scale invisible mannequin photography without a studio.

Product Staging

Place your product into realistic lifestyle scenes - held, worn, or displayed - with the natural lighting and composition of a high-end photoshoot.

Edit With AI

Describe any change in plain language and our AI makes it - swap colors, remove or add objects, restage the scene, or shift the camera angle.

Product Beautifier

Enhance low-quality product and food images automatically with the Beautifier API. No retouchers, no studios. Our AI restores detail, corrects color, and improves overall quality at scale.

Add Shadows

Add realistic shadows to the main subject of your image, with complete control over the softness, intensity and position of the shadow.

Generate Backgrounds

Dynamically create new backgrounds with our first-class generative AI, perfectly matching the subject of the original picture.

Relighting

Fix badly lit photos automatically. Our AI rebalances over- and under-exposed images, with modes that keep product colors accurate or optimize for portraits.

Text Removal

Remove watermarks, labels, and real-world signage from your images automatically - choose what goes and what stays.

Expand

Resize any image to any format without cropping. Our AI generates the extra background to match the original, filling every empty pixel seamlessly.

Uncrop

Recover subjects clipped by the frame. Our AI reconstructs the missing parts from the visible portion, automatically.

Ironing

Make every garment look freshly pressed. Our AI smooths creases and wrinkles out of clothing photos automatically - no steamer, no reshoot.

Create Any Image

Generate images from a text description alone - no source photo needed. Describe the scene, pick a format, and get original content back.

Uncertainty Score

Know when a cutout needs a second look. Every response returns a confidence score from 0 to 1, so you can auto-flag ambiguous images for review at scale.

Perspective Correction

Straighten angled shots of flat, rectangular products - cards, books, games - into clean, straight-on views. No generative AI, so hallucinations are impossible by design.

Positioning

Control exactly where the subject sits in the result - scaling, alignment, padding, and margins - so every image in a catalog comes out consistently framed.

Smart Cropping

Reframe images around the subject automatically - prompt it to focus on a specific element, or crop faces out for marketplace compliance.

Upscale

Turn small, low-res images into sharp ones at 4× the size - with a fast mode for volume and a slow mode for maximum quality.

What Photoroom adds to Claude

Claude handles the conversation and Photoroom does the editing. Ask in plain English and get finished product images back in the same chat, one at a time or a whole folder at once.
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Yes, Claude can edit images with Photoroom

Connect Photoroom and Claude can edit your product photos. It can remove the background, add realistic shadows, stage the product in a new scene or put clothing on a model. Upload an image or share a link, describe the edit, and the result comes back in the same chat.

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Batch edit product images from Claude Code

Add the connector with one command, then point Claude Code at a folder or a list of URLs. It sends each image to Photoroom, so you can edit a whole catalog without building an integration. Building something permanent? Give Claude Code our ready-made prompt and it writes the integration for you.

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Put your clothing on AI fashion models

Replace expensive model photoshoots by asking Claude to put your garments on AI Fashion Models. Give your favourite inspiration and let Claude replicate it to your brand.

Prompts to try

Copy a prompt, attach a photo, and Claude does the rest

Not sure where to begin? Start with these, then change the background, size or style to fit your listing.

Background removal

“With Photoroom, remove the background and place this product on pure white. Centre it with 10% padding, as a 1500 × 1500 px square.”

Relight images

“With Photoroom, fix the lighting on this product photo and keep the original background.”

Upscale image quality

“With Photoroom, upscale this image to 4x the resolution without changing the framing.”

Beautify food images

“With Photoroom, make this dish look appetising on a white background with a soft shadow, as a square image.”

Create realistic shadows

“With Photoroom, put this product on white and add a soft, natural shadow underneath.”

Generate new backgrounds

“With Photoroom, place this product on a grey concrete countertop in soft daylight.”

Virtual Model

“With Photoroom, show this jacket on a model standing in a bright studio.”

Ghost Mannequin

“With Photoroom, turn these photos of this shirt into a ghost mannequin shot on white.”

Chain image edits in one conversation with Claude

Start with one product photo and keep asking. Cut it out, add a new background, then a shadow, then resize it for each marketplace. Every edit builds on the last, so one chat gives you a full set of listing images.

The same editing, already running at catalog scale

4x

faster market rollouts

89%

lower image processing costs

56%

higher conversion on listings

236%

increase in average order value

Exclusive to Enterprise plans

When a Claude workflow becomes a production pipeline

Visual Agents, product video and a contractual quality guarantee for teams editing whole catalogs.
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Visual Agents
Visual Agents execute the perfect workflow for your use case. They analyze every input, generate and edit, score the output, retry until it passes. Every visual runs the same loop and only the ones that pass reach your catalog.
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Visual QA
Even the best AI models get it wrong, so Visual QA scores every output for fidelity, catches the misses, and corrects the details before they reach your customers.
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Enterprise Guarantee
Pay only for the outputs that pass. Set your product-fidelity criteria upfront. Every output is checked against your brief by our proprietary fidelity model. Anything that misses is regenerated before it reaches your team.
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Image to Video API
The Image to Video API turns static product photography into short-form video automatically. Submit a product image and receive a polished video with natural camera motion, animation, or configured effects.
Photoroom MCP

Start editing images in Claude

Add the connector and pay per edit as you go. Editing a whole catalog, or need video? Talk to our team about Enterprise.

Frequently asked questions

How does Photoroom work with Claude?

Photoroom connects to Claude through MCP (Model Context Protocol), an open standard for giving AI tools access to external capabilities. Once connected, Claude can call Photoroom tools like background removal, image generation, virtual model, ghost mannequin, product placement and upscaling directly within your conversation.

What's the difference between Claude, Claude Cowork & Claude Code?

  • Claude is the chat app on the web, desktop and mobile.

  • Cowork runs in the Claude desktop app and works through files and multi-step tasks for you.

  • Claude Code runs in your terminal and is built for developers.

  • Photoroom works with all three.

What tools does Photoroom give Claude?

The Photoroom MCP gives Claude access to our entire tool library through one powerful endpoint. This means tools always stay up to date and Claude can choose the best tool for the edits you need.

How does pricing work?

Photoroom tools in Claude use your Photoroom API credits at the same rates as the API, with no extra fee for using them through Claude. See API pricing.

Do I need a separate API key?

No. The MCP server handles credentials automatically by creating a new ClaudeMCP API key in existing API spaces, or by creating a new API space with a Claude-specific key.

How do I edit images in Claude?

Connect the Photoroom MCP to Claude, then upload an image, add a folder or provide a URL of images and describe the edit you want in plain English - "remove the background," "place this on a marble surface with a soft shadow," "put this jacket on a model." Claude calls Photoroom's image-editing API and returns the finished image in the chat. No design tools or parameters to learn; you just describe the result you're after.

What's the best MCP for ecommerce product photos?

Photoroom is purpose-built for commerce imagery. Where general image tools generate pictures, Photoroom edits your actual product - preserving the item exactly while fixing the background, lighting, and shadows. It covers the jobs ecommerce sellers do daily: background removal, AI shadows, lifestyle backgrounds, ghost mannequin, and placing apparel on virtual models. The models are trained on commerce use cases, so results are listing-ready rather than approximate.

Can I batch edit through Claude?

In a chat, attach a few images or share links. For bigger batches, use Cowork or Claude Code and point Claude at a folder or a list of URLs. It can work through thousands of edits, including on a schedule.

How do I revoke the MCP API key?

You can delete an API key at any time from the API Dashboard in your Photoroom subscription. You can also disconnect the Photoroom MCP which removes authorization to Claude. When you re-authorize the MCP, it will generate a new API key for Claude to use.

What file formats and sizes are supported?

The API accepts PNG, JPEG, and WebP for both input and output (PNG is the default output, and the only format that preserves transparency alongside WebP - JPEG does not). Maximum file size is 30MB and maximum resolution is 5,000px on the longest side; larger images are accepted under 30MB but resized down to 5,000px. For best performance, keep images at or below 25 megapixels. Larger files take longer to process, so increase your client timeout if you hit delays.

Do I need a paid Claude plan?

No. Custom connectors work on every Claude plan. Free plans can add one custom connector.

Should I use the MCP or call the API directly?

Use the MCP to edit images by chatting with Claude, Cowork or Claude Code, with no code needed. Use the API when you’re building edits into your own product or pipeline. Claude Code or Codex can write that integration for you from our ready-made prompt.

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