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Which servers in the official MCP registry are ID Photo API's own, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-20

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameai.idphoto/mcpverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under idphoto.ai. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-20
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-20
  • Tools4
  • Server calls itselfidphoto-ai
  • Server version0.1.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-20 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 278 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: Generate passport and visa photos that match country specifications; Remove backgrounds and crop faces to document sizes.
  • Checked on 2 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "Generate passport and visa photos that match country specifications", the likely first call is list_photo_specs.
  • For "Remove backgrounds and crop faces to document sizes", the likely first call is make_id_photo.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 2, the first on 2026-10-20
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 2 so far
  • What an agent can do with it2 of 2 use cases
  • Answeredmeasuring2 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer1054 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 531 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (4), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 4 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Every tool passes all six checks.

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · Generate passport and visa photos that match country specifications
  • can do · Remove backgrounds and crop faces to document sizes
  • not sure · Check portraits for tilt, lighting, glasses and expression

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (30%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%) and use (15%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers4 tools · read 2026-10-20
  • make_id_photo

    Turn a portrait photo into a compliant passport / visa / ID photo for a given document spec (cropping, resizing, background replacement, quality checks). Returns a temporary download URL for the finished JPEG, its pixel/physical size, and…

  • list_photo_specs

    List all supported passport / visa / ID photo specifications as specCode + human-readable name (e.g. 'us-passport' = 'US Passport'). Use this to find the specCode for make_id_photo.

  • get_photo_spec

    Get the detailed requirements of one photo spec: physical size, pixel size, DPI, background color, head height / eye position guidance, glasses and expression rules.

  • get_usage

    Show remaining quota. With API credentials: the idphoto.ai account status and remaining make-photo quota. Without credentials: how many free make_id_photo calls are left today.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "idphoto": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.idphoto.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http idphoto https://mcp.idphoto.ai/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://mcp.idphoto.ai/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.