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

support@budgetpixel.com

License

MIT — see LICENSE.