# ClearCut Background Remover

> ClearCut Background Remover is a paid API for AI agents from clearcut-production-bcc0.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Removes the background from a publicly accessible image URL and returns a hosted transparent PNG URL.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clearcut-production-bcc0.up.railway.app/api/remove-background
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/clearcut-background-remover-a58dacbd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xNOv3XxeLmp16X3e84LVd

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability clearcut-background-remover-a58dacbd -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you remove the background from this product photo and give me back a transparent PNG I can use? Here's the image URL: https://example.com/my-product.jpg

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a simple, pay-per-use background removal from a public image URL and want a hosted transparent PNG back immediately, without managing your own image processing infrastructure or subscription to a full editing suite.

## Known failure modes

- Image URL is not publicly accessible or returns a non-200 status — service cannot fetch the image
- Unsupported image format (e.g. TIFF, BMP) may cause processing failure
- Very large or high-resolution images may time out or be rejected
- Payment not completed (x402 flow) results in 402 response with no processing
- Image contains complex or low-contrast backgrounds that may reduce accuracy of removal

## How this service works

Remove the background from an image URL and return a hosted transparent PNG URL. After evaluating the result, send a quick rating to POST /feedback using the returned feedback_id. Help us improve the service!

## Output

A hosted URL pointing to a transparent PNG version of the input image with the background removed, ready to use directly in web, design, or e-commerce contexts.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "_forge": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "agentType",
    "client"
   ],
   "deprecated": true,
   "properties": {
    "client": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 80,
     "minLength": 1,
     "description": "Which payment client are you using? [agentcash, awal, pay.sh, others, unknown]"
    },
    "agentType": {
     "enum": [
      "Codex",
      "Claude Code",
      "Hermes",
      "OpenClaw",
      "Others (Specify)",
      "Unknown"
     ],
     "type": "string",
     "description": "Which agent are you running? Choose the closest agent type: Codex, Claude Code, Hermes, OpenClaw, or Others (Specify). For Others, include its name in agentTypeOther. Use Unknown if you cannot identify the agent."
    },
    "agentTypeOther": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 80,
     "minLength": 1,
     "description": "Specify the agent name when agentType is Others (Specify)."
    },
    "discovery_query": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 500,
     "minLength": 1,
     "description": "What search query did you use to find this service? Omit if unknown or no search was used; do not invent a query from your task."
    }
   },
   "description": "Legacy optional agent-reported discovery context. Prefer agent_context.",
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "imageUrl": {
   "type": "string",
   "format": "uri",
   "description": "Public HTTP(S) URL of the source image."
  },
  "agent_context": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "agentType",
    "client"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "client": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 80,
     "minLength": 1,
     "description": "Which payment client are you using? [agentcash, awal, pay.sh, others, unknown]"
    },
    "agentType": {
     "enum": [
      "Codex",
      "Claude Code",
      "Hermes",
      "OpenClaw",
      "Others (Specify)",
      "Unknown"
     ],
     "type": "string",
     "description": "Which agent are you running? Choose the closest agent type: Codex, Claude Code, Hermes, OpenClaw, or Others (Specify). For Others, include its name in agentTypeOther. Use Unknown if you cannot identify the agent."
    },
    "agentTypeOther": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 80,
     "minLength": 1,
     "description": "Specify the agent name when agentType is Others (Specify)."
    },
    "discovery_query": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 500,
     "minLength": 1,
     "description": "What search query did y
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```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/clearcut-background-remover-a58dacbd/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clearcut-production-bcc0.up.railway.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clearcut-production-bcc0.up.railway.app/llms.txt)