# ForgeMesh Background Remover

> ForgeMesh Background Remover is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Removes the background from an image URL and returns a transparent PNG with the subject isolated, processed locally without third-party services.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/remove-background
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-background-remover-7eef588a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nCXKIicbDl1G9YphEFMM-

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 forgemesh-background-remover-7eef588a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you remove the background from this product photo and give me a transparent PNG? The image is at https://example.com/product-shirt.jpg — I need just the shirt isolated with a clean cutout.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need local, privacy-respecting background removal without routing images through a third-party service like Remove.bg or Clipdrop. Ideal for product photos, profile pictures, and automated creative pipelines where images are deleted immediately after processing and a transparent PNG output is required.

## Known failure modes

- Image URL is not publicly accessible or returns a non-200 HTTP status
- Image exceeds 8MB size limit, resulting in a rejection error
- Unsupported image format (non-JPG/PNG/WebP) causes processing failure
- Complex backgrounds or low-contrast subjects may produce imperfect segmentation
- Network timeout if the image URL takes too long to fetch
- Payment not included or insufficient USDC causes 402 response

## How this service works

Remove background from any image URL: returns a transparent PNG (base64) with the subject isolated with clean subject segmentation running locally on our hardware — no third-party image service. Use for product photos, profile pictures, thumbnails, and creative pipelines. Images processed in a sandbox and deleted immediately.

## Output

A base64-encoded transparent PNG image with the subject cleanly segmented from its background, ready for use in product listings, creative pipelines, or profile pictures.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "image_url": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Public URL of the image (jpg/png/webp, max 8MB)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "file_base64": "iVBORw0KGgoAAA...",
  "content_type": "image/png"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-background-remover-7eef588a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)