MCP - Akool open api documents

Overview

AKOOL provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes face swap, image generation, TTS, and more as native tools inside AI assistants — no manual API calls needed.

Credentials

MCP uses the same credentials as the CLI. Get them from your AKOOL dashboard:

Header	Description
`x-client-id`	Your Client ID (`clientId`)
`x-client-secret`	Your Client Secret (`clientSecret`)

Server Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akool-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "x-client-id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "x-client-secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Category	Description	Tool
Account	Get account credit balance	`account_credit`
	List available AI models	`account_models`
Image	Generate image from text or reference image	`image_create`
	Get image generation result	`image_info`
	Upscale or create variants of an image	`image_upscale`
Voice	List available TTS voices	`voice_list`
	Convert text to speech	`audio_tts`
	Get TTS result	`voice_result`
Face Swap	Swap face in an image	`faceswap_image`
	Swap face in a video	`faceswap_video`
	Enhanced face swap (multi-face)	`faceswap_plus`
	Get face swap result	`faceswap_result`
	Delete a face swap record	`faceswap_delete`
	Live streaming face swap	`faceswap_live`
Avatar	List digital avatars	`avatar_list`
	Get avatar detail	`avatar_detail`
	Submit character swap task	`character_swap_create`
	Get character swap result	`character_swap_result`
Image to Video	Create a video from an image	`video_image2video_create`
	Get image-to-video result	`video_image2video_results`
	List available video effects	`video_image2video_effects`
	Update audio on a video	`video_image2video_update_audio`
	Delete an image-to-video record	`video_image2video_delete`
Face Detection	Detect faces in an image	`facedetect_detect`
	Analyze faces across multiple frames	`facedetect_analyze`

Setup Guides

CLI quick-add is only supported by Claude Code. All other clients (Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, Kiro) require editing a JSON config file.

Claude Code

Install

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Add AKOOL MCP

claude mcp add akool-mcp https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1 \
  --header "x-client-id: YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
  --header "x-client-secret: YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"

Or edit ~/.claude/mcp_servers.json directly:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akool-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "x-client-id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "x-client-secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify:

claude mcp list
# akool-mcp   http   https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1

Claude Desktop

Install Download and install from claude.ai/download. Add AKOOL MCP Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, then add:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akool-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "x-client-id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "x-client-secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. A hammer icon (🔨) will appear in the chat input when MCP tools are ready.

Cursor

Install Download from cursor.com, install and open. Add AKOOL MCP Go to Settings → MCP → Add new global MCP server, or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akool-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "x-client-id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "x-client-secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Cursor. In the Agent panel, AKOOL tools will appear under Available Tools.

Windsurf

Install Download from codeium.com/windsurf, install and open. Add AKOOL MCP Go to Windsurf Settings → MCP → Add Server, or edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akool-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "x-client-id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "x-client-secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Windsurf and open the Cascade panel. AKOOL tools will be listed under available tools.

OpenAI Codex

Install

npm install -g @openai/codex

Add AKOOL MCP Edit ~/.codex/mcp_servers.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akool-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "x-client-id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "x-client-secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Codex will automatically load MCP servers on startup.

Kiro

Install Download from kiro.dev, install and open. Add AKOOL MCP Create or edit ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json (global) or .kiro/settings/mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "akool-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openapi.akool.com/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "x-client-id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "x-client-secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Kiro. In the Agent panel, AKOOL tools will be listed under MCP Tools.

Usage Examples

Once configured, describe tasks in natural language: Face swap (image)

Swap the face in source.jpg onto target.jpg using AKOOL, save the result URL

Face swap (video)

Use AKOOL to swap the face from face.jpg onto video.mp4, then wait for the result

Enhanced face swap

Use AKOOL faceswap_plus to swap multiple faces in group.jpg with the source face

Character swap

Use AKOOL to do a character swap: source image is source.png, target is target.png

Generate image

Ask AKOOL to generate an image: cinematic portrait of an astronaut on Mars, golden hour

Image to video

Use AKOOL to turn hero.jpg into a video clip with the "zoom" effect

Text to speech

List available AKOOL voices, then convert this script to speech using a female English voice:
"Welcome to our annual product showcase."

Face detection

Use AKOOL to detect all faces in photo.jpg and return their bounding boxes

Check account

Check my AKOOL credit balance and list available AI models

Tips

Never commit x-client-id / x-client-secret to source control. Store them in environment variables and reference via your MCP client’s env substitution (e.g. $AKOOL_CLIENT_ID).
Run akool-cli credit first to confirm your credentials are valid before configuring any MCP client.
Most AKOOL tools are async — the assistant will call *_result tools automatically to poll until the job completes.
If a tool call returns 401 Unauthorized, verify credentials at the AKOOL dashboard.

​Overview

​Credentials

​Server Config

​Available Tools

​Setup Guides

​Claude Code

​Claude Desktop

​Cursor

​Windsurf

​OpenAI Codex

​Kiro

​Usage Examples

​Tips

Overview

Credentials

Server Config

Available Tools

Setup Guides

Claude Code

Claude Desktop

Cursor

Windsurf

OpenAI Codex

Kiro

Usage Examples

Tips