The full upstream README, mirrored here for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals, and an original overview live on the Budgetpixel MCP listing page.
Generate AI images, video, music, and sound effects — and upscale them — from any MCP-compatible client.
BudgetPixel is a remote MCP server. There is nothing to install and no API keys to manage: connect once, sign in with Google, and your BudgetPixel plan credits and discounts apply automatically.
Endpoint: https://mcp.budgetpixel.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, OAuth)
Claude Code
Cursor, Windsurf, and other config-file clients
Claude, ChatGPT, and other connector UIs — add a custom connector pointing at
https://mcp.budgetpixel.com/mcp.
Step-by-step guides for each client: budgetpixel.com/mcp
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
generate_image | Text-to-image, editing, image-to-image, and multi-reference generation |
generate_video | Text-to-video, image-to-video (start plus optional end frame), reference-to-video, and video-to-video editing |
generate_music | Full songs from a prompt and/or your own lyrics, or instrumentals |
generate_sound_effect | Foley, ambience, UI sounds, impacts, and transitions — optionally synced to a video's events |
upscale_image | Higher resolution in seconds, or creative detail enhancement steered by a prompt |
upscale_video | 1080p or 4K at 30 or 60 fps via Topaz Labs, inputs up to 20 seconds |
list_models | The live model catalog with prices, role hints, and per-model input limits |
upload_media | Upload a local file and get a URL to use as a generation input |
check_generation_status | Poll a running job and collect the finished media |
get_generation_history | Your recent generations, reusable as inputs |
get_credit_balance | Remaining plan credits |
create_social_post | Publish a finished generation to the BudgetPixel community feed |
Generation tools return a job id rather than the finished media.
| Tool | Job id | Poll with | Typical wait |
|---|---|---|---|
generate_image | numeric | check_generation_status | seconds |
generate_video | uuid | check_generation_status | minutes |
generate_music | numeric | check_generation_status with type: "music" | a few minutes |
generate_sound_effect | numeric | check_generation_status with type: "sound_effect" | ~15s text, minutes for video |
upscale_image | — | returns the result directly | seconds |
upscale_video | numeric | call upscale_video again with just job_id | minutes |
Music and sound-effect ids are numeric like image ids, so the type argument is required
for those two — without it the id is read as an image job.
Local files must go through upload_media first: video and audio inputs on generate_video
accept URLs only.
A BudgetPixel account. Browsing the model catalog is free; generation, upscaling, uploads, and publishing require any paid plan (Starter, Basic, Premium, Pro or Ultra) — see budgetpixel.com/pricing.
Video is billed per second and by resolution, so confirm cost before long or high-resolution jobs. Failed generations are never charged.
MIT — see LICENSE.