BudgetPixel MCP Server
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)
Setup
Claude Code
claude mcp add budgetpixel --transport http https://mcp.budgetpixel.com/mcp
Cursor, Windsurf, and other config-file clients
{
"mcpServers": {
"budgetpixel": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.budgetpixel.com/mcp"
}
}
}
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
Tools
| 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 |
How jobs work
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.
Requirements
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.
Links
- budgetpixel.com/mcp — setup guides
- budgetpixel.com — the platform
- Cursor plugin
Support
License
MIT — see LICENSE.