# Clearcut Background Remover

> Clearcut Background Remover is a paid API for AI agents from clearcut.agentic.clawca.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Removes the background from an image at a given URL and returns a hosted transparent PNG URL.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clearcut.agentic.clawca.sh/remove-background-from-image-url?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/clearcut-background-remover-ecfe10f6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_x34f626JjCrNv6GtFFG_v

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-ecfe10f6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you remove the background from this image — https://example.com/product-shot.jpg — and give me back a transparent PNG I can use on my website?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you have an image already hosted at a URL and need a fast, automated background removal with a hosted result — ideal for pipelines that need a direct URL to a transparent PNG without managing file uploads or local storage. Prefer this over upload-based services when your image is already web-accessible.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible image URL returns an error (e.g. 404 or permission denied on source)
- Unsupported image format or corrupted file may fail processing
- Network timeout if source image URL is very large or slow to fetch
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the request
- Complex backgrounds or low-contrast subjects may produce imperfect cutouts

## How this service works

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

## Output

A JSON object containing an `absoluteResultUrl` field — a publicly hosted HTTPS URL pointing to the processed transparent PNG image with the background removed.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "imageUrl": {
   "type": "string",
   "format": "uri"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "absoluteResultUrl": "https://example.com/absolute-result.png"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/clearcut-background-remover-ecfe10f6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clearcut.agentic.clawca.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clearcut.agentic.clawca.sh/llms.txt)