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Agent skill

Remove Bg

by Anil-matcha in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors

Remove image backgrounds with the remove.bg API and check remaining credits.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Remove Bg

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill remove-bg -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors remove-bg --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/remove-bg .claude/skills/remove-bg && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
remove-bg
GitHub stars
1.3k
Token cost
~686 tokens
SKILL.md length
216 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
153
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Remove image backgrounds with the remove.bg API and check remaining credits.

  • Works in 4 steps: Every process call burns paid credit… → Uploaded images are processed on… → No video support (video background… → …
  • Phrases: remove.bg
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Tooling, Auth and Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Remove Bg is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Remove image backgrounds with the remove.bg API and check remaining credits. Trigger phrases: remove.bg, remove background, cutout image.

Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bin/remove-bg.py`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Image editing. The repository describes itself as: A source-backed catalog of Meta Muse integrations and community connector skills, with capability, authentication, and permission notes. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Phrases: remove.bg
  • Remove background

Example prompts

  • “/remove-bg”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A credential in YOUR_API_KEY

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Every process call burns paid credit (roughly $0.11 to $0.23 per image at full size, less for previews): confirm with the user before…
  2. Uploaded images are processed on remove.bg's servers: do not send sensitive or private imagery without the user's okay.
  3. No video support (video background removal is a separate service).
  4. Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates. Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Remove Bg loads about 686 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 216 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~686

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 216 words, ~686 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/remove-bg/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
remove-bg
description
Remove image backgrounds with the remove.bg API and check remaining credits. Trigger phrases: remove.bg, remove background, cutout image.
metadata.includeInPrompt
true
tagline
Remove the background from an image with the remove.bg API: submit a local file or an image URL, get back a transparent PNG saved to a local path. Also check…
catalog_auth
API key via the secure credential flow
catalog_hosts
api.remove.bg

remove.bg

Purpose

Remove the background from an image with the remove.bg API: submit a local file or an image URL, get back a transparent PNG saved to a local path. Also check the account's remaining credits.

Tooling

All commands go through bin/remove-bg.py:

bash
bin/remove-bg.py auth                                        # verify the connection (shows remaining credits)
bin/remove-bg.py account                                    # credit balance and account info
bin/remove-bg.py process --file ./photo.jpg --out ./cutout.png
                                                            # remove background from a local file
bin/remove-bg.py process --url https://example.com/a.jpg --out ./cutout.png
                                                            # remove background from an image URL
bin/remove-bg.py process --file ./photo.jpg --out ./cutout.png --size hd --type product
                                                            # size: preview, regular, hd, 4k; type: auto, person, product, car

The response is image binary rather than JSON. The CLI saves it to the --out path and prints that path.

Auth

  • Provider id: remove-bg (credential is collected as custom.remove-bg)
  • Collection: API key via the secure credential flow (credentials.request_api_access); get one at remove.bg (free signup includes 1 credit). The key is sent as X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY.
  • Required scopes: n/a (single key)
  • Allowed hosts: api.remove.bg
  • Status check: bin/remove-bg.py auth

Operating Rules

  1. Every process call burns paid credit (roughly $0.11 to $0.23 per image at full size, less for previews): confirm with the user before processing, or work inside an explicit budget. Run account first to see the remaining balance.
  2. Uploaded images are processed on remove.bg's servers: do not send sensitive or private imagery without the user's okay.
  3. No video support (video background removal is a separate service).
  4. Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates. Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

Files

  • SKILL.md
  • bin/remove-bg.py

Maturity

🧪 Draft: written from remove.bg's public API docs; not yet live-tested end to end.

© Anil-matcha, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/remove-bg of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

  • SKILL.md
  • bin/remove-bg.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8

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HyperFrames Media Useheygen-com/hyperframes59k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Categories

Questions about Remove Bg

What does Remove Bg do?

Remove image backgrounds with the remove.bg API and check remaining credits. Remove Bg is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.bg API and check remaining credits.

When should I use Remove Bg?

Remove Bg fits situations like: phrases: remove.bg; remove background.

How do I install Remove Bg in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill remove-bg -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/remove-bg in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .claude/skills/remove-bg in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Remove Bg in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill remove-bg -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/remove-bg in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .agents/skills/remove-bg in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Remove Bg in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill remove-bg -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/remove-bg, .gemini/skills/remove-bg, .github/skills/remove-bg and .opencode/skills/remove-bg in your project.

What does Remove Bg need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Remove Bg needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in YOUR_API_KEY.

Does Remove Bg access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Remove Bg safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Remove Bg use?

Remove Bg is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Remove Bg use?

About 686 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Remove Bg?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Remove Bg: AI Image Generation and Editing (zhayujie/CowAgent, 47k stars), Media Use (edenfunf/reelmimic, 1.7k stars), Generate Image (ynulihao/AgentSkillOS, 617 stars) and GPT Image Generation CLI (wuyoscar/GPT-Image2-Skill, 5.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Remove Bg?

Anil-matcha (a GitHub user) maintains it in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors, which has 1,338 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.