Using Agent Media Tools with Claude Code

Updated July 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Claude Code is Anthropic's terminal-based AI coding agent. By wiring it to Agent Media Tools, Claude can resize images, generate PDFs, scrape websites, create QR codes, and run 70+ utility tools — all from natural language prompts in your terminal.

⚡ One-time setup, instant superpowers. After adding the MCP server, just ask Claude: "resize this image to 800px wide" or "screenshot that URL and save it."

Package availability: the npm MCP package used in the preview configuration below is not published yet. Use the REST method now, or install the Claude Desktop package. Do not run the npm command until publication is announced.

Method 1: MCP (Preview)

The MCP (Model Context Protocol) server gives Claude direct tool access. Each tool becomes a function Claude can call autonomously.

1. Get an API key

2. Add the MCP server to Claude Code's config

Edit ~/.claude/claude_dotfiles/claude_code_mcp.json or run:

# Preview only — @agentmediatools/mcp-server is not published yet.
claude mcp add agent-media-tools -- \
  npx @agentmediatools/mcp-server \
  --api-key mt_your_key_here

Or add it manually to your MCP config:

# Preview only — use the downloadable Claude Desktop package or REST today.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-media-tools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@agentmediatools/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "MEDIA_TOOL_API_KEY": "mt_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Start using it

In your Claude Code terminal:

# "Take a screenshot of example.com"
# "Resize this photo to 1024px wide"
# "Convert that PDF to text"
# "Generate a QR code for my website"
# "Compress all images in this folder"

Method 2: REST API (curl or SDK)

If MCP isn't available, use the REST API directly. Claude Code can execute curl and Python natively.

# Scrape a page
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer mt_your_key_here" \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com","format":"markdown"}' \
  https://agentmediatools.com/api/agent/scrape

# Generate a QR code (free, no auth)
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"https://agentmediatools.com"}' \
  https://agentmediatools.com/api/qrcode -o qr.png

What Claude Can Do

After connecting, Claude Code can autonomously use these tools:

Category	Examples
🖼️ Image	Resize, convert, compress, crop, analyze EXIF, batch process
📄 PDF	Merge, split, compress, rotate, extract text, convert to images
🌐 Web	Screenshot, HTML→PDF, article extraction, scrape
🎨 AI	Generate images/video, transcribe audio, OCR, remove backgrounds
🔗 Utility	QR codes, pastebin, URL shortener, UUID, password gen
🔍 Intel	DNS lookup, SSL check, WHOIS, timezone convert, regex test
📦 Data	CSV→JSON, case convert, slugify, zip/unzip, unit conversion

Pro Tips

Chain tools: "Screenshot this page, convert it to PDF, and save it" — Claude calls screenshot + html-to-pdf sequentially.
Batch processing: "Resize all JPGs in ./images to 800px wide" — Claude loops over files using the resize endpoint.
Use free tools: QR codes, pastebin, UUID, IP lookup, and dev tools work without an API key.

🔑 Get your free API key → agentmediatools.com
Free tier: 25 API calls/day with login, 10/day anonymous.