# Budgetpixel MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fcom.budgetpixel%2Fmcp
Registry id: `mcp-registry/com.budgetpixel/mcp`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-26T19:44:53.515Z)

## Verdict

Budgetpixel MCP server answered 99.91% of Glimind's liveness checks over 30 days, better than 31% of MCP servers, with 678 ms median handshake and 6 outages in 90 days. Its agent-readiness grade is A (90/100) across 21 tools, costing an agent about 11,299 tokens to load. Checked every few minutes; no tool is ever called.

## Measurements (30 days)

| Metric | Value | Better than |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime, 30 days | 99.91% | 31% of MCP servers |
| Median handshake latency | 678 ms | 38% of MCP servers |
| p95 handshake latency | 2831 ms | — |
| Checks in 30 days | 4,969 | — |
| Outages, 90 days | 6 | — |
| Median recovery | 4 min | — |
| Agent-readiness score | 90/100 (A) | 69% of MCP servers |
| Tools | 21 | — |
| Tool-list size for an agent | ~11,299 tokens | 16% of MCP servers |
| Days observed | 29 | — |

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "budgetpixel-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.budgetpixel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http budgetpixel-mcp-server https://mcp.budgetpixel.com/mcp
```

## Tools (21)

- `check_generation_status`: Use this after calling generate_image, generate_video, generate_music, generate_sound_effect, generate_3d_model, or generate_depth_map to poll for results. Pass
- `create_social_post`: Publish a post to the user's PUBLIC BudgetPixel community feed — visible to everyone and labeled "via MCP". ONLY use this when the user EXPLICITLY asks to post/
- `generate_3d_model`: Turn one picture into a textured 3D model (image-to-3D). Always returns a GLB; meshy-7.1 also offers FBX, USDZ (iPhone AR) and STL (3D printing). Pick the model
- `generate_depth_map`: Use this to turn a video into a depth map video (Video Depth Anything, on BudgetPixel's own GPUs): a steady, flicker-free video where near is white and far is b
- `generate_image`: Use this to create or edit an AI image. Text-to-image from a prompt, OR image-to-image / editing / multi-reference by passing input_images (URLs, data URIs, or 
- `generate_music`: Use this to create an AI music track (full songs with vocals, or instrumentals). Three models: music-3.0 (default, 200 credits — songs from a prompt and/or lyri
- `generate_sound_effect`: Use this to create sound effects (NOT music). TEXT mode: describe the sound — Foley, ambience, UI sounds, whooshes/transitions, impacts, action sounds — with so
- `generate_video`: Use this to create or edit an AI video. Text-to-video from a prompt; image-to-video by passing image (start frame, + optional end_image); reference-to-video by 
- `get_character`: Use this to learn one character before casting it or using it elsewhere: its look word for word, personality, speaking style, backstory, directing notes, signat
- `get_credit_balance`: Use this when the user asks about their remaining credits, subscription plan, or usage. Returns monthly credit balance, extra credits, total available, and plan
- `get_generation_history`: Get the user's recent generations made through this connector or the developer API — images by default, or pass type "video", "music", or "sound_effect". Output
- `list_characters`: Use this to see the characters the user can cast in images and videos: the free BudgetPixel AI influencers (memorable personas with a consistent face, like @bar
- `list_models`: List the AI image, video, music, sound-effect, and 3D models available on BudgetPixel, plus the depth-map tool's sizes, with standard credit prices and capabili
- `list_my_themes`: List the live clan themes the user can post to — themes of the clans they own, moderate, or have joined (each with the user's role, the theme's brief, and when 
- `recommend_influencers`: Use this when the user wants an AI influencer or a character for a product, brand, campaign, ad or post and hasn't picked one. Pass the brief (what it is, for w
- `save_to_assets`: Keep a generation permanently. Outputs made through this connector expire about 24 hours after generation and are NOT stored in the user's BudgetPixel assets by
- `search_stock_audio`: Use this when the user needs an existing sound effect or a piece of background music — for a video, podcast, stream, game, app or presentation — rather than a n
- `search_stock_images`: Use this when the user needs an existing stock photo, illustration, background, wallpaper or texture — for a website, slide, blog post, app, video or design — r
- `upload_media`: Upload a local image, video, or audio file to BudgetPixel and get back a short-lived URL (valid ~24h) to use as a generation input: pass it as an input_images v
- `upscale_image`: Use this to upscale an image to a higher resolution. Default model p-image-upscale (Pruna AI) returns results in seconds and is priced by the target resolution:
- `upscale_video`: Use this to upscale a video, with one of two models. Topaz (model topazlabs-video-upscale, the default): 1080p or 4K at 30 or 60 fps, priced per second of the I

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