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Which MCP servers are Luala's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-11-03

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameapp.luala/lualaverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-11-03
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-11-03
  • Tools19
  • Server calls itselfluala
  • Server version1.19.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-11-03 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 358 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Its tools do turn a few selfies into a photo shoot of yourself, but not generate the first eight photos at no cost.
  • Checked on 1 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "turn a few selfies into a photo shoot of yourself", the likely first call is add_selfie.
  • Keep approval on for remove_background: they delete, send or pay without saying so.
  • edit, remove_background, add_photo, add_selfie change data without a sign-in: anyone with the address can call them.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 15 of 19 tools: check arguments before calling.

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: 1, the first on 2026-11-03
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 1 so far
  • What an agent can do with it1 of 2 use cases
  • Answeredmeasuring1 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer269 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 3,700 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (19), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsB · 87 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 19 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 15 of 19

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · turn a few selfies into a photo shoot of yourself
  • cannot · generate the first eight photos at no cost

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

  • Tools that delete, send or pay, marked as not destructive: remove_background
  • Tools that change data, on a server that answers without a sign-in: edit, remove_background, add_photo, add_selfie

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 (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). 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 offers19 tools · read 2026-11-03
  • list_packs

    Lists Luala's photo packs (a themed shoot of several photos of the user, made from their selfies) and mixes (one photo from each of several packs), with what all of a pack's photos cost and the price of one: a shoot can be any of a pack's…

  • get_pack

    A pack's or mix's options (outfit, place, light, shots, shape and the attribute pickers), with ids, labels and defaults, and its price per photo. Each shot is one photo, and the user may pick any of them, from one to all (the default)…

  • start_shoot

    Starts a shoot of a pack from the user's saved selfies, paid from their credits: one photo per picked shot, at the price get_pack gives. Unless the user has said, offer them the whole pack or only the shots they want, even one. Tell the…

  • get_shoot

    A shoot's photos: each one's id, whether it is ready, still working or failed (failed photos are refunded), each one's link in the Luala app (the link to give the user), and the shoot's page there; previews of the ready ones once none is…

  • edit

    Makes an edited copy of one of the user's photos, paid from their credits. type change keeps the pose and framing and changes any of: outfit and place (ids from get_pack of the photo's pack), light, the attributes, and text, up to 300…

  • zoom_in

    Cuts a frame of the given shape out of one of the user's photos and upscales it to a full photo, paid from their credits. x, y and w are the frame's left edge, top edge and width as fractions of the photo (0 to 1); left out, the largest…

  • upscale

    Upscales one of the user's photos to 1K, 2K or 4K, paid from their credits. A photo is offered only the sizes larger than it and at most 4× its size; its prices from get_shoot or list_photos name them. Pass the price the user agreed to as…

  • reroll

    Makes the same photo again, a new take of the same look, paid from the user's credits. Pass the price the user agreed to as max_credits: the photo's prices from get_shoot or list_photos name it. If a call to this tool got no answer, it…

  • remove_background

    Cuts the person out of one of the user's photos, paid from their credits: on a clear (transparent) backdrop unless backdrop names a colour, #rrggbb (the app offers #ffffff, #e9e7e3, #3a3a3c, #000000, #1f2f4d, #bcd7ee, #f2e8d5, #b9c8b0)…

  • replace_background

    Puts the person in one of the user's photos somewhere else, keeping their pose and framing, paid from their credits: scene is one of the app's scenes, or text says the place in up to 300 characters; a scene wins when both come. Pass the…

  • light_camera

    Changes the light, the camera or the look of one of the user's photos, paid from their credits: at most one pick per group (light, lens, angle, focus, look), and/or text, up to 300 characters of what to change. What is not picked stays as…

  • restore

    Repairs an old or damaged photo of the user's (a photographed print, most often one from list_photos with uploads), paid from their credits: repair fixes scratches, tears and stains, faces enhances them, colourise adds colour to a black…

  • combine

    Adds the main subject of another of the user's photos (with_photo_id: an object or a person, a cutout works well) into one of their photos, keeping its scene, framing and light, paid from their credits. with_photo_id may not be a selfie…

  • try_on

    Puts the clothes another of the user's photos shows (with_photo_id) on the person in one of their photos, paid from their credits; part top or bottom takes only that part of the outfit. with_photo_id may not be a selfie, nor photo_id…

  • list_photos

    With ids, those photos (up to 10), with a preview of each ready one once none is working: how to fetch an edit's result. While one is working it waits up to 25 seconds for it. Without, the user's latest shoots, newest first, five at a…

  • add_photo

    Adds one photo to the user's My photos in Luala, free, so it can be edited: an old print to restore, clothes to try on, a photo to change. The answer is the saved photo with its photo_id and edit prices: when the user asked for an edit of…

  • add_selfie

    Adds one selfie to the user's selfie set in Luala, which shoots are made from, free: one face, clearly visible, up to 15 selfies in the set. Pass the file the user attached as photo. If you can't, but the file is in your sandbox, call…

  • upload_status

    For Luala's widget: whether the file staged at key was saved by add_photo or add_selfie (tool). Read-only.

  • balance

    The user's credit balance, about how many photos it buys, and where to buy more.

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "luala": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://luala.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http luala https://luala.app/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://luala.app/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.