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Pixola for Claude Desktop

Connect Pixola to Claude Desktop with one click — or configure the remote MCP server manually. Claude Desktop supports interactive app UIs for image generation and your gallery.

Prerequisites

  1. Create a Pixola account (free tier includes 1,000 credits)
  2. Go to Settings → API Keys and create a key — it starts with pxk_
  3. Claude Desktop installed (any plan)

Option A — One-click extension (recommended)

Installs a small local server on your machine. No manual config file editing.

  1. Download pixola.mcpb
  2. Double-click the file to open in Claude Desktop, or drag it into Settings → Extensions
  3. Enter your Pixola API key when prompted, then click Install
  4. Restart Claude Desktop — Pixola tools will appear in your conversations

Option B — Remote MCP (manual config)

Connects Claude Desktop directly to pixola.ai/mcp. This method also enables interactive app UIs (image generator, gallery, model browser).

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixola": {
      "url": "https://www.pixola.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer pxk_YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving the config file.

Interactive apps

Claude Desktop (via Option B / remote connector) supports MCP Apps. When you ask Claude to generate images, browse models, or check credits, it renders an interactive UI directly in your conversation — not just a text response.

Test it

Once connected, try:

“Generate a cinematic portrait in anime style”

“Show me my image gallery”

“What AI models does Pixola support?”