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Imported from inference-sh/skills (tools/image/background-removal/SKILL.md) via skills.sh. Install upstream with npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill background-removal. Copyright stays with the author.

Install the belt CLI skill: npx skills add belt-sh/cli

Background Removal

Name: background-removal
Author: inference-sh

Remove backgrounds from images via inference.sh CLI.

Background Removal

Quick Start

Requires inference.sh CLI (belt). Install instructions

belt login

belt app run infsh/birefnet --input '{"image_url": "https://your-photo.jpg"}'

How To

Use Reve for image editing including background changes:

belt app run falai/reve --input '{
  "prompt": "remove the background, make it transparent",
  "image_url": "https://portrait.jpg"
}'

Or change background directly:

belt app run falai/reve --input '{
  "prompt": "change the background to a beach",
  "image_url": "https://product-photo.jpg"
}'

Workflow: Generate and Edit

# 1. Generate an image
belt app run falai/flux-dev-lora --input '{"prompt": "a cute robot mascot"}' > robot.json

# 2. Edit with Reve
belt app run falai/reve --input '{
  "prompt": "remove background, transparent",
  "image_url": "<url-from-step-1>"
}'

Use Cases

E-commerce: Clean product photos
Portraits: Professional headshots
Marketing: Assets for design
Social Media: Profile pictures
Design: Elements for compositions

Output

Returns a PNG with transparent background.

Related Skills

# Full platform skill (all apps)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli

# Image generation
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-image-generation

# FLUX models (including inpainting)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@flux-image

# Upscaling
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@image-upscaling

Browse all image apps: belt app list --category image

Documentation

Running Apps - How to run apps via CLI
Image Generation Example - Complete image workflow guide
Apps Overview - Understanding the app ecosystem

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/inference-sh-skills-background-removal/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

inference-sh-skills-background-removal.ocm.jsonjson

{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "inference-sh-skills-background-removal",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "background-removal",
  "description": "Remove backgrounds from images with BiRefNet via inference.sh CLI. Model: BiRefNet (high accuracy background removal). Use for: product photos, portraits, e-commerce, transparent PNGs, photo editing. Triggers: remove background, background removal, remove bg, transparent background, cut out image, background remover, rembg, product photo editing, cutout, transparent png, bg removal, photo cutout",
  "publisher": "inference-sh",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "general"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "skills-sh"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ]
  },
  "quality_prior": 0.6,
  "examples": [
    "Remove backgrounds from images with BiRefNet via inference.sh CLI. Model: BiRefNet (high accuracy background removal). Use for: product photos, portraits, e-commerce, transparent PNGs, photo editing. Triggers: remove background, background removal, remove bg, transparent background, cut out image, background remover, rembg, product photo editing, cutout, transparent png, bg removal, photo cutout"
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "skills.sh",
      "repository": "https://github.com/inference-sh/skills",
      "path": "tools/image/background-removal/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "url": "https://www.skills.sh/inference-sh/skills/background-removal",
      "key": "inference-sh/skills/tools/image/background-removal/SKILL.md"
    },
    "allowed_tools": [
      "Bash(belt",
      "*)"
    ]
  },
  "instructions": "> **Install the belt CLI skill:** `npx skills add belt-sh/cli`\n\n# Background Removal\n\nRemove backgrounds from images via [inference.sh](https://inference.sh) CLI.\n\n![Background Removal](https://cloud.inference.sh/u/33sqbmzt3mrg2xxphnhw5g5ear/01k8d7y07rpmnv85hz2xvhjvbb.png)\n\n## Quick Start\n\n> Requires inference.sh CLI (`belt`). [Install instructions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inference-sh/skills/refs/heads/main/cli-install.md)\n\n```bash\nbelt login\n\nbelt app run infsh/birefnet --input '{\"image_url\": \"https://your-photo.jpg\"}'\n```\n\n\n## How To\n\nUse Reve for image editing including backgroun",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 547
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/inference-sh-skills-background-removal/manifest?version=1.0.0

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